Alpine
Open in tool →Glacier blue with a safety-orange accent: technical outdoor gear, not lifestyle.
Color
#12262b
#12262b
hex
#12262brgb
rgb(18, 38, 43)hsl
hsl(192, 41%, 12%)oklch
oklch(0.254 0.028 215.7)Closest name: Sunken Ship (#10252a)Relative luminance 0.0169
Colors that go with #12262b
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 #12262b without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #12262b in 18 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and Beach Hut, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped24 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Bumble's brand system put Blue beside #12262b, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #12262b in 10 real palettes, including ClickUp's brand system and Yahoo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped6 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Rain Garden put Blush Pink beside #12262b, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #12262b, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #12262b in 6 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Coastal, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #12262b: 10 real palettes, including Alpine and Paper & Pine, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #12262b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #12262b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 15.7:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.34:1 | 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 #12262b as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#12262b reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #12262b
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 #12262b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/12262b-a2b5be-df4e77-1f242d-e9f1ef?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