Tabloid
Open in tool →Red, black and yellow on white is the loudest three-color system in print — use it when headlines are the product.
Color
#140e15
#140e15
hex
#140e15rgb
rgb(20, 14, 21)hsl
hsl(291, 20%, 7%)oklch
oklch(0.175 0.017 321.5)Closest name: Black Sheep (#0f0d0d)Relative luminance 0.0052
Colors that go with #140e15
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 #140e15 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #140e15 in 18 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Ahrefs's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped22 real palettes, including native Cybersecurity's brand system and EA's brand system put Blue beside #140e15, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #140e15 in 10 real palettes, including Twitch's brand system and Prepare your taste buds...'s brand system, as the lead colour.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Velvet and State Farm's brand system put Brown beside #140e15, as the lead colour.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Mailchimp's brand system and Qatar Airways's brand system put Burgundy beside #140e15, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #140e15 in 5 real palettes, including Velvet and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #140e15: 9 real palettes, including Estate and Arctic, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #140e15
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #140e15 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 19.03:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.1:1 | 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 #140e15 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Lemon Squeezytext · #121217 · Δ1.448
- Railwaytext · #13111c · Δ1.553
- Twitchtext · #0e0e10 · Δ1.725
- 1passwordtext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Abstracttext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Ahrefstext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- American Expresstext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Appletext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Behancetext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Bloombergtext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Bluesky Socialtext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Brillianttext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Budweisertext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Calmtext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Cartiertext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Casper Sleeptext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Chipotletext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Codecademytext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Confluenttext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Courseratext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Databrickstext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- dbt Labstext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Delltext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- EAtext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Elastictext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Fivetran bluetext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Fordtext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Form Builder with AI Automationtext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Goprotext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Ikeatext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Intercomtext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Khan Academytext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Klarna UStext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Klaviyotext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Krakentext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Lay'stext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Linkedintext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Liquid Deathtext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Mailchimptext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Marveltext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Mastodon hosted on mastodon.socialtext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Mirotext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- native Cybersecuritytext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- NBAtext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Niketext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Nintendotext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Nissantext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Oatlytext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- OktaOkta on YoutubeOkta on XOkta on LinkedIntext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Openseatext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Paddletext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Patreontext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- PayPaltext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Penpottext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Pepsitext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Phantom: The money app that'll take you placesLogo PhantomLogo PhantomLogo Phantomtext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Plaidtext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- PlayStation® Official Site: Consoles, Games, Accessories & MoreSony Interactive Entertainmenttext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- PostHogtext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Prepare your taste buds...text · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Purina Pro Plantext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Reddittext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Redfintext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Remixtext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Replittext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Riot Gamestext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Robloxtext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Salesforcetext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Semrushtext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Snowflake AI Data Cloudtext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Snyktext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Soundcloudtext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Sourcegraphtext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- State Farmtext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Taco Belltext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Target : Expect More. Pay Less.text · #111111 · Δ1.733
- The New York Timestext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Tumblrtext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Unitytext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Verceltext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Walmarttext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Wayfairtext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Wiredtext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Xboxtext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Zillowtext · #111111 · Δ1.733
- Boseprimary · #131317 · Δ1.797
- Bosetext · #131317 · Δ1.797
- NHLprimary · #121212 · Δ1.862
- NHLtext · #121212 · Δ1.862
- Warbyparkerprimary · #121212 · Δ1.862
- Warbyparkertext · #121212 · Δ1.862
- Lineartext · #0d0e10 · Δ1.89
- Olympicstext · #0d0d10 · Δ1.907
- Hugging Faceprimary · #0b0f19 · Δ1.91
- Amazontext · #0f1111 · Δ1.913
Palettes built around it
Terminal
Open in tool →Green for success, blue for links, pink for emphasis — the dark-mode developer family, tuned to sit on near-black without glare.
Neobank
Open in tool →Purple-and-lime is the challenger-bank uniform — high energy, and clearly not a legacy bank.
Ember
Open in tool →Flame orange on charcoal — the sports and energy palette; one accent yellow for stats and highlights.
Velvet
Open in tool →Burgundy and plum on near-black with a brass accent — theatre, wine, and anything that wants to feel after-dark.
Night Market
Open in tool →Orange, magenta and yellow neon on aubergine-black — the street-sign palette for food, nightlife and events.
Electric Lime
Open in tool →One neon on white with black type — lime-and-black is the neon that works in daylight; the orange is a second gear.
Graphite Mono
Open in tool →Five greys, no hue — the true monochrome; the accent is a lighter grey, so hierarchy comes from weight and size alone.
Ink Wash
Open in tool →Greys on near-black — the monochrome dark mode; keep everything a tint of white and the layout does the talking.
Garnet
Open in tool →Garnet, carnelian and citrine on a wine-black — the warm jewel set for spirits, theatre and jewellery itself.
Fonts for this mood
#140e15 reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #140e15
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 #140e15 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/140e15-bf9fc1-a4cb62-2d1f29-ece9f1?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