Trailhead
Open in tool →Rust, pine and sun — high-visibility earth tones that read at a distance and on a trail sign.
Color
#1c1b08
#1c1b08
hex
#1c1b08rgb
rgb(28, 27, 8)hsl
hsl(57, 56%, 7%)oklch
oklch(0.218 0.033 106.1)Closest name: Noir Mystique (#1f180a)Relative luminance 0.0105
Colors that go with #1c1b08
Charcoal, Sea Green and Sienna 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 body-text near-black for #1c1b08: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Sea Green #2e8b57
analogousshippedSea Green is #1c1b08's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sienna #a0522d
analogousshippedSienna is #1c1b08's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
complementaryshippedSlate Blue sits directly opposite #1c1b08 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of #1c1b08: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #1c1b08 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #1c1b08 in 18 real palettes, including Trailhead and Maple, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped25 real palettes, including CVS's brand system and Signal's brand system put Blue beside #1c1b08, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #1c1b08
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #1c1b08 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 17.36:1 | 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 #1c1b08 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#1c1b08 reads as warm, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #1c1b08
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 #1c1b08 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/1c1b08-bcbea2-4e9bdf-282d1f-f1ede9?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