Ink & Paper
Open in tool →Two greys and one ink-blue link color: the palette of a well-set book page.
Color
#1c1d21
#1c1d21
hex
#1c1d21rgb
rgb(28, 29, 33)hsl
hsl(228, 8%, 12%)oklch
oklch(0.231 0.008 274.6)Closest name: Night Demons (#201b20)Relative luminance 0.0124
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #1c1d21 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 16.84:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.25:1 | 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 #1c1d21 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Figmatext · #1e1e1e · Δ0.863
- GitLabtext · #1f1f1f · Δ1.113
- HubSpottext · #1f1f1f · Δ1.113
- Airtableaccent · #181d26 · Δ1.164
- N26text · #1b1b1b · Δ1.212
- Splinetext · #191a1d · Δ1.353
- Boxtext · #151f26 · Δ1.419
- ClickUptext · #202020 · Δ1.445
- Netlifytext · #181a1c · Δ1.544
- JetBrainstext · #19191c · Δ1.685
- Pinteresttext · #211922 · Δ1.724
- Allbirdsprimary · #241c24 · Δ1.746
- Coheretext · #212121 · Δ1.815
- Postmantext · #212121 · Δ1.815
- Asanasecondary · #151b26 · Δ1.874
- Vimeotext · #141a20 · Δ1.9
- Notionprimary · #191919 · Δ1.959
Palettes built around it
Fresh Juice
Open in tool →Orange, mango and mint — a sugar rush; keep the type black so it stays legible under all that color.
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
#1c1d21 reads as muted, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #1c1d21
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 #1c1d21 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/1c1d21-9c9fc4-df7c4e-231f2d-e9eff1?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