Circuit
Open in tool →Violet plus cyan is the current AI-product signal — pair it with pure black type to keep it from going candy.
Color
#120808
#120808
hex
#120808rgb
rgb(18, 8, 8)hsl
hsl(0, 38%, 5%)oklch
oklch(0.15 0.018 19.5)Closest name: Knight Rider (#0f0707)Relative luminance 0.0032
Colors that go with #120808
Charcoal, Amber and Blue lead the list. Each partner is a real named colour with the reason it works — a wheel relationship, a neutral that carries it, or a pairing lifted from a palette or brand system that actually shipped — and every pair opens in the palette tool.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black that reads cleanly against #120808 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #120808 in 16 real palettes, including Ember and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped18 real palettes, including Pfizer's brand system and Robinhood's brand system put Blue beside #120808, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #120808 in 10 real palettes, including Circuit and Render's brand system, as the lead colour.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Velvet and Garnet put Brown beside #120808, as the lead colour.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Mailchimp's brand system and Rare Beauty's brand system put Burgundy beside #120808, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #120808: 7 real palettes, including Estate and Diner, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped9 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Sweetgreen's brand system put Champagne beside #120808, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use #120808
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #120808 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 19.74:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.06:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #120808 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Streetwear
Open in tool →Black, white, red, yellow — drop-culture signal colors, unmissable at thumbnail size.
Velvet
Open in tool →Burgundy and plum on near-black with a brass accent — theatre, wine, and anything that wants to feel after-dark.
Fonts for this mood
#120808 reads as warm, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #120808
live endpointPoint any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — direct_palette, edit_direction, check_palette, check_contrast — read-only, no key. Every direction it proposes comes with a /colors/d/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back, and the agent edits rather than re-rolls.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #120808 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/120808-c4a19c-62cb98-2d251f-f1e9ed?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md