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
#1c2121
#1c2121
hex
#1c2121rgb
rgb(28, 33, 33)hsl
hsl(180, 8%, 12%)oklch
oklch(0.243 0.007 196.7)Closest name: Underworld (#1e231c)Relative luminance 0.0144
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #1c2121 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 16.29:1 | 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 #1c2121 as the background.
Brands using this color
- ClickUptext · #202020 · Δ0.739
- GitLabtext · #1f1f1f · Δ0.808
- HubSpottext · #1f1f1f · Δ0.808
- Coheretext · #212121 · Δ0.893
- Postmantext · #212121 · Δ0.893
- Figmatext · #1e1e1e · Δ1.06
- Airbnbtext · #222222 · Δ1.184
- GitHubtext · #1f2328 · Δ1.492
- Todoisttext · #25221e · Δ1.785
- Boxtext · #151f26 · Δ1.8
- Retoolprimary · #242424 · Δ1.912
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.
Fonts for this mood
#1c2121 reads as muted, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #1c2121
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 #1c2121 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/1c2121-a2bbbe-d45994-1f272d-e9f1ed?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