Gallery
Open in tool →Near-monochrome with one burnt-orange highlight — an art director's default because it never competes with the work.
Color
#121714
#121714
hex
#121714rgb
rgb(18, 23, 20)hsl
hsl(144, 12%, 8%)oklch
oklch(0.198 0.01 159.1)Closest name: King Kong (#161410)Relative luminance 0.0079
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #121714 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 18.13:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.16:1 | 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 #121714 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Console Light
Open in tool →A sober docs palette: one blue for interactive, one green for success, zinc greys for everything else.
Graphite
Open in tool →A greyscale system with a single amber — the accent does all the work, so allow one per screen.
Atelier
Open in tool →Black on bone with a whisper of gold: the runway default that lets garments carry the color.
Estate
Open in tool →Bronze on charcoal signals premium listings; the silver accent handles secondary detail without adding color.
Fonts for this mood
#121714 reads as muted, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #121714
live endpointPoint any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #121714 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/121714-a2beb0-ca59d4-1f2d2b-eaf1e9?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