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
#141514
#141514
hex
#141514rgb
rgb(20, 21, 20)hsl
hsl(120, 2%, 8%)oklch
oklch(0.194 0.003 145.5)Closest name: King Kong (#161410)Relative luminance 0.0074
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #141514 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 18.31:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.15:1 | 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 #141514 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Retooltext · #151515 · Δ0.296
- Anthropictext · #141413 · Δ0.371
- Runwayprimary · #141414 · Δ0.388
- Airtabletext · #161616 · Δ0.651
- CircleCItext · #161616 · Δ0.651
- Next.jstext · #171717 · Δ1.073
- GitHubprimary · #181717 · Δ1.215
- Lemon Squeezytext · #121217 · Δ1.554
- American Expresstext · #111111 · Δ1.675
- Behancetext · #111111 · Δ1.675
- Calmtext · #111111 · Δ1.675
- Intercomtext · #111111 · Δ1.675
- Klarna UStext · #111111 · Δ1.675
- Mirotext · #111111 · Δ1.675
- Paddletext · #111111 · Δ1.675
- PayPaltext · #111111 · Δ1.675
- Plaidtext · #111111 · Δ1.675
- PostHogtext · #111111 · Δ1.675
- Reddittext · #111111 · Δ1.675
- Remixtext · #111111 · Δ1.675
- Replittext · #111111 · Δ1.675
- Verceltext · #111111 · Δ1.675
- Perplexitytext · #091717 · Δ1.819
- Notionprimary · #191919 · Δ1.939
Palettes built around it
Gallery
Open in tool →Near-monochrome with one burnt-orange highlight — an art director's default because it never competes with the work.
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.
Ember
Open in tool →Flame orange on charcoal — the sports and energy palette; one accent yellow for stats and highlights.
Fonts for this mood
#141514 reads as neutral, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #141514
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 #141514 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/141514-a2beb0-c859d4-1f2d2b-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