Coffee Bar
Open in tool →Espresso and caramel: a dark-roast palette that photographs latte art beautifully.
Color
#1c1218
#1c1218
hex
#1c1218rgb
rgb(28, 18, 24)hsl
hsl(324, 22%, 9%)oklch
oklch(0.198 0.02 342.4)Closest name: Bats Cloak (#1f1518)Relative luminance 0.0075
Colors that go with #1c1218
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 #1c1218 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #1c1218 in 18 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Ember, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped23 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and native Cybersecurity's brand system put Blue beside #1c1218, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #1c1218 in 10 real palettes, including Yahoo's brand system and Prepare your taste buds...'s brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Estate and Cartier's brand system put Blush Pink beside #1c1218, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Garnet and State Farm's brand system put Brown beside #1c1218, as the lead colour.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Mailchimp's brand system and Qatar Airways's brand system put Burgundy beside #1c1218, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #1c1218 in 6 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Velvet, as the accent.
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #1c1218 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 18.28:1 | 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 #1c1218 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#1c1218 reads as warm, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #1c1218
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 #1c1218 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/1c1218-c19faf-6bcb62-2d1f22-f0e9f1?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