Ember
Open in tool →Flame orange on charcoal — the sports and energy palette; one accent yellow for stats and highlights.
Color
#1a0f11
#1a0f11
hex
#1a0f11rgb
rgb(26, 15, 17)hsl
hsl(349, 27%, 8%)oklch
oklch(0.184 0.019 7.1)Closest name: Dark Veil (#141311)Relative luminance 0.006
Colors that go with #1a0f11
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 #1a0f11 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #1a0f11 in 18 real palettes, including Ember and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped22 real palettes, including native Cybersecurity's brand system and EA's brand system put Blue beside #1a0f11, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #1a0f11 in 10 real palettes, including Prepare your taste buds...'s brand system and Klarna US's brand system, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Cartier's brand system and Graphite Mono put Blush Pink beside #1a0f11, as the supporting colour.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Garnet and State Farm's brand system put Brown beside #1a0f11, as the lead colour.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Mailchimp's brand system and Qatar Airways's brand system put Burgundy beside #1a0f11, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #1a0f11 in 5 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Velvet, as the accent.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #1a0f11 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 18.74:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.12:1 | 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 #1a0f11 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
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
#1a0f11 reads as warm, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #1a0f11
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 #1a0f11 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/1a0f11-c49c9f-62cb85-2d231f-f1e9ee?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