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.
Color
#1c262b
#1c262b
hex
#1c262brgb
rgb(28, 38, 43)hsl
hsl(200, 21%, 14%)oklch
oklch(0.261 0.017 229.8)Closest name: Black Pearl (#1e272c)Relative luminance 0.0181
Colors that go with #1c262b
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 #1c262b without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #1c262b in 15 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and Beach Hut, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped23 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Bumble's brand system put Blue beside #1c262b, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #1c262b in 10 real palettes, including ClickUp's brand system and Yahoo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped6 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Rain Garden put Blush Pink beside #1c262b, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #1c262b, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #1c262b in 6 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Coastal, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #1c262b: 10 real palettes, including Dusk and Paper & Pine, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #1c262b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #1c262b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 15.42:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.36:1 | 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 #1c262b as the background.
Brands using this color
- 7-Elevenprimary · #212529 · Δ0.847
- 7-Eleventext · #212529 · Δ0.847
- Boeingtext · #212529 · Δ0.847
- Datadogtext · #212529 · Δ0.847
- AT&Tprimary · #1d2329 · Δ1.021
- AT&Ttext · #1d2329 · Δ1.021
- GitHubtext · #1f2328 · Δ1.08
- Zedtext · #242529 · Δ1.326
- American Eagleprimary · #24272a · Δ1.417
- American Eagletext · #24272a · Δ1.417
- Retoolprimary · #242424 · Δ1.692
- Vodafoneprimary · #25282b · Δ1.724
- Vodafonetext · #25282b · Δ1.724
- Cloudflaretext · #262626 · Δ1.841
- Obsidiantext · #262626 · Δ1.841
- Sveltetext · #262626 · Δ1.841
- Airbnbtext · #222222 · Δ1.93
- Nikonprimary · #222222 · Δ1.93
- Nikontext · #222222 · Δ1.93
Palettes built around it
Dusk
Open in tool →Slate blue with a copper accent — calm, professional, slightly editorial; suits consultancies and journals.
Paper & Pine
Open in tool →Deep pine on paper-white with a marmalade accent — a quiet, sustainable-brand palette that isn't beige.
Graphite Mono
Open in tool →Five greys, no hue — the true monochrome; the accent is a lighter grey, so hierarchy comes from weight and size alone.
Fonts for this mood
#1c262b reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #1c262b
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 #1c262b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/1c262b-9cb2c4-df4e64-1f232d-e9f1f0?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