Color
#12290a
#12290argb(18, 41, 10)hsl(105, 61%, 10%)oklch(0.253 0.061 138.5)Colors that go with #12290a
Charcoal, Crimson and Royal 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 body-text near-black for #12290a: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #12290a — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Royal Blue #4169e1
triadicshippedRoyal Blue completes a triad with #12290a — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
split-complementshippedSlate Blue is a split-complement of #12290a: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
analogousshippedTeal is #12290a's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Dark Orchid #9932cc
complementaryshippedDark Orchid sits directly opposite #12290a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #12290a in 15 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and Trailhead, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped22 real palettes, including Headspace's brand system and Bumble's brand system put Blue beside #12290a, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #12290a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #12290a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 15.59:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.35:1 | 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 #12290a as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#12290a reads as vivid, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
Point 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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #12290a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/12290a-a6bea2-754edf-1f2d22-eff1e9?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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