Ink & Paper
Open in tool →Two greys and one ink-blue link color: the palette of a well-set book page.
Color
#181e20
#181e20
hex
#181e20rgb
rgb(24, 30, 32)hsl
hsl(195, 14%, 11%)oklch
oklch(0.23 0.01 219.9)Closest name: Coco’s Black (#1c1c1a)Relative luminance 0.0123
Colors that go with #181e20
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 #181e20 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #181e20 in 18 real palettes, including Google's brand system and Warner Bros.'s brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped23 real palettes, including Signal's brand system and CVS's brand system put Blue beside #181e20, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #181e20 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 Estate put Blush Pink beside #181e20, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and State Farm's brand system put Brown beside #181e20, as the accent.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Qatar Airways's brand system and Mailchimp's brand system put Burgundy beside #181e20, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #181e20 in 6 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Kiln, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #181e20
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #181e20 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 16.86:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.25:1 | 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 #181e20 as the background.
Brands using this color
- WhatsAppprimary · #1c1e21 · Δ0.75
- WhatsApptext · #1c1e21 · Δ0.75
- Fitbitprimary · #191c1d · Δ0.773
- Fitbittext · #191c1d · Δ0.773
- Nokiatext · #1d1e20 · Δ0.886
- Braveprimary · #1c1c1d · Δ0.954
- Bravetext · #1c1c1d · Δ0.954
- Figmatext · #1e1e1e · Δ1.099
- Boxtext · #151f26 · Δ1.153
- Audisecondary · #181d25 · Δ1.165
- Logitechprimary · #1b1b1b · Δ1.235
- Logitechtext · #1b1b1b · Δ1.235
- N26text · #1b1b1b · Δ1.235
- NASAtext · #1b1b1b · Δ1.235
- Signalprimary · #1b1b1b · Δ1.235
- Signaltext · #1b1b1b · Δ1.235
- GitLabtext · #1f1f1f · Δ1.354
- Googletext · #1f1f1f · Δ1.354
- HubSpottext · #1f1f1f · Δ1.354
- Revoluttext · #1f1f1f · Δ1.354
- Airtableaccent · #181d26 · Δ1.355
- Gustoprimary · #1c1b1a · Δ1.379
- Gustotext · #1c1b1a · Δ1.379
- Splinetext · #191a1d · Δ1.402
- Netlifytext · #181a1c · Δ1.453
- Hingetext · #1a1a1a · Δ1.543
- Louis Vuittonprimary · #1a1a1a · Δ1.543
- Louis Vuittontext · #1a1a1a · Δ1.543
- Spectrumprimary · #1a1a1a · Δ1.543
- Spectrumtext · #1a1a1a · Δ1.543
- Warner Bros.primary · #1a1a1a · Δ1.543
- Warner Bros.text · #1a1a1a · Δ1.543
- Formula 1text · #1c1c25 · Δ1.587
- CVSprimary · #1a1a19 · Δ1.631
- CVStext · #1a1a19 · Δ1.631
- Bumbleprimary · #202020 · Δ1.679
- Bumbletext · #202020 · Δ1.679
- ClickUptext · #202020 · Δ1.679
- Lamborghiniprimary · #202020 · Δ1.679
- Lamborghinitext · #202020 · Δ1.679
- NFLaccent · #172029 · Δ1.68
- Vimeotext · #141a20 · Δ1.728
- JetBrainstext · #19191c · Δ1.759
- Appleprimary · #221e1f · Δ1.826
- Victoria's Secretprimary · #221d1d · Δ1.839
- Victoria's Secrettext · #221d1d · Δ1.839
- Yahooprimary · #1a1919 · Δ1.889
- Yahootext · #1a1919 · Δ1.889
- Wikipediaprimary · #202122 · Δ1.89
- Wikipediatext · #202122 · Δ1.89
- Huaweitext · #191919 · Δ1.902
- Notionprimary · #191919 · Δ1.902
- Pumaprimary · #191919 · Δ1.902
- Pumatext · #191919 · Δ1.902
- Asanasecondary · #151b26 · Δ1.946
- Philipsprimary · #15191e · Δ1.946
- Philipstext · #15191e · Δ1.946
Palettes built around it
Fresh Juice
Open in tool →Orange, mango and mint — a sugar rush; keep the type black so it stays legible under all that color.
Learning App
Open in tool →Green, blue and orange at full saturation: the gamified-learning look, where every color is a reward.
Playground
Open in tool →Orange, blue and green — the colors of playground equipment; loud, cheerful, obviously for kids.
Studio Grey
Open in tool →A pure greyscale with a single electric blue — the portfolio palette that makes work look considered.
Diner
Open in tool →Cherry red, mint-teal and butter yellow — chrome-and-vinyl retro; the red does the work, the teal cools it.
Fireside
Open in tool →Cranberry, pine and brass on a charcoal night — the holiday palette without the clichés, because the surface is cold.
Fonts for this mood
#181e20 reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #181e20
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 #181e20 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/181e20-9cb5c4-df4e70-1f242d-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