Ledger Dark
Open in tool →Gold on midnight is the private-banking cue; the mint accent keeps it from feeling old-money stuffy.
Color
#12101e
#12101e
hex
#12101ergb
rgb(18, 16, 30)hsl
hsl(249, 30%, 9%)oklch
oklch(0.183 0.028 289.8)Closest name: Corbeau (#111122)Relative luminance 0.0059
Colors that go with #12101e
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 #12101e without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #12101e in 18 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Southwest Airlines's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped22 real palettes, including League of Legends's brand system and Kia's brand system put Blue beside #12101e, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #12101e in 10 real palettes, including Gemstone and Prepare your taste buds...'s brand system, as the supporting colour.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Velvet put Brown beside #12101e, as the supporting colour.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Mailchimp's brand system and Qatar Airways's brand system put Burgundy beside #12101e, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #12101e in 5 real palettes, including Velvet and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #12101e: 9 real palettes, including Estate and Arctic, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #12101e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #12101e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 18.77:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.12:1 | 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 #12101e as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#12101e reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #12101e
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 #12101e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/12101e-a79cc4-dfae4e-271f2d-e9ecf1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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