Newsprint
Open in tool →Ink-black on warm paper with a single red — the broadsheet hierarchy that lets typography lead.
Color
#1b1a1e
#1b1a1e
hex
#1b1a1ergb
rgb(27, 26, 30)hsl
hsl(255, 7%, 11%)oklch
oklch(0.221 0.008 297.2)Closest name: Night Demons (#201b20)Relative luminance 0.0107
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #1b1a1e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 17.31:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.21:1 | 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 #1b1a1e as the background.
Brands using this color
- Splinetext · #191a1d · Δ0.445
- JetBrainstext · #19191c · Δ0.638
- Netlifytext · #181a1c · Δ0.723
- N26text · #1b1b1b · Δ0.798
- Notionprimary · #191919 · Δ1.064
- Vimeotext · #141a20 · Δ1.295
- Pinteresttext · #211922 · Δ1.558
- Airtableaccent · #181d26 · Δ1.629
- Figmatext · #1e1e1e · Δ1.64
- GitHubprimary · #181717 · Δ1.674
- Asanasecondary · #151b26 · Δ1.763
- Next.jstext · #171717 · Δ1.781
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.
Ink & Paper
Open in tool →Two greys and one ink-blue link color: the palette of a well-set book page.
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.
Launch Orange
Open in tool →Orange is the rarest SaaS primary, which is exactly why it stands out on a pricing page; cyan keeps it from feeling like a hardware store.
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.
Fonts for this mood
#1b1a1e reads as neutral, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #1b1a1e
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 #1b1a1e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/1b1a1e-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