Fresh Juice
Open in tool →Orange, mango and mint — a sugar rush; keep the type black so it stays legible under all that color.
Color
#1a2123
#1a2123
hex
#1a2123rgb
rgb(26, 33, 35)hsl
hsl(193, 15%, 12%)oklch
oklch(0.242 0.011 216.9)Closest name: Underworld (#1e231c)Relative luminance 0.0143
Colors that go with #1a2123
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 #1a2123 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #1a2123 in 18 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and Google's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped23 real palettes, including Bumble's brand system and Rolex's brand system put Blue beside #1a2123, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #1a2123 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 #1a2123, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Typewriter put Brown beside #1a2123, as the accent.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Qatar Airways's brand system and Mailchimp's brand system put Burgundy beside #1a2123, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #1a2123 in 6 real palettes, including Kiln and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #1a2123
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #1a2123 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 16.33:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.29:1 | 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 #1a2123 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Wikipediaprimary · #202122 · Δ1.041
- Wikipediatext · #202122 · Δ1.041
- WhatsAppprimary · #1c1e21 · Δ1.05
- WhatsApptext · #1c1e21 · Δ1.05
- Bumbleprimary · #202020 · Δ1.102
- Bumbletext · #202020 · Δ1.102
- ClickUptext · #202020 · Δ1.102
- Lamborghiniprimary · #202020 · Δ1.102
- Lamborghinitext · #202020 · Δ1.102
- Nokiatext · #1d1e20 · Δ1.103
- GitLabtext · #1f1f1f · Δ1.111
- Googletext · #1f1f1f · Δ1.111
- HubSpottext · #1f1f1f · Δ1.111
- Revoluttext · #1f1f1f · Δ1.111
- Coheretext · #212121 · Δ1.245
- Postmantext · #212121 · Δ1.245
- Rolextext · #212121 · Δ1.245
- SoFiprimary · #212121 · Δ1.245
- SoFitext · #212121 · Δ1.245
- Figmatext · #1e1e1e · Δ1.271
- AT&Tprimary · #1d2329 · Δ1.349
- AT&Ttext · #1d2329 · Δ1.349
- Boxtext · #151f26 · Δ1.365
- NFLaccent · #172029 · Δ1.397
- GitHubtext · #1f2328 · Δ1.437
- Acertext · #222222 · Δ1.497
- Airbnbtext · #222222 · Δ1.497
- AliExpressprimary · #222222 · Δ1.497
- AliExpresstext · #222222 · Δ1.497
- Nikonprimary · #222222 · Δ1.497
- Nikontext · #222222 · Δ1.497
- Appleprimary · #221e1f · Δ1.655
- Audisecondary · #181d25 · Δ1.712
- Braveprimary · #1c1c1d · Δ1.805
- Bravetext · #1c1c1d · Δ1.805
- Airtableaccent · #181d26 · Δ1.813
- Qatar Airwaysprimary · #1f212b · Δ1.857
- Qatar Airwaystext · #1f212b · Δ1.857
- Fitbitprimary · #191c1d · Δ1.891
- Fitbittext · #191c1d · Δ1.891
- Victoria's Secretprimary · #221d1d · Δ1.909
- Victoria's Secrettext · #221d1d · Δ1.909
- Formula 1text · #1c1c25 · Δ1.998
Palettes built around it
Learning App
Open in tool →Green, blue and orange at full saturation: the gamified-learning look, where every color is a reward.
Crayon Box
Open in tool →Red, teal and yellow at crayon saturation — joyful, but on white with black type so it stays readable for grown-ups.
Playground
Open in tool →Orange, blue and green — the colors of playground equipment; loud, cheerful, obviously for kids.
Retro Pop
Open in tool →Fifties-diner red and steel blue with a peach — nostalgic pop that still passes contrast.
Paper & Pine
Open in tool →Deep pine on paper-white with a marmalade accent — a quiet, sustainable-brand palette that isn't beige.
Diner
Open in tool →Cherry red, mint-teal and butter yellow — chrome-and-vinyl retro; the red does the work, the teal cools it.
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.
Fonts for this mood
#1a2123 reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #1a2123
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 #1a2123 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/1a2123-a2b5be-df4e75-1f242d-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