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
#232126
#232126
hex
#232126rgb
rgb(35, 33, 38)hsl
hsl(264, 7%, 14%)oklch
oklch(0.252 0.01 303.8)Closest name: Black Pearl (#1e272c)Relative luminance 0.0158
Colors that go with #232126
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 #232126 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #232126 in 15 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and Warner Bros.'s brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped23 real palettes, including Bumble's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #232126, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #232126 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 Blush put Blush Pink beside #232126, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and Typewriter put Brown beside #232126, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #232126 in 6 real palettes, including Kiln and Chalkboard, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #232126: 10 real palettes, including SoFi's brand system and Paper & Pine, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #232126
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #232126 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 15.95:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.32:1 | 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 #232126 as the background.
Brands using this color
- GitHubtext · #1f2328 · Δ0.913
- Airbnbtext · #222222 · Δ0.973
- Nikonprimary · #222222 · Δ0.973
- Nikontext · #222222 · Δ0.973
- Wikipediaprimary · #202122 · Δ0.991
- Wikipediatext · #202122 · Δ0.991
- Coheretext · #212121 · Δ1.062
- Postmantext · #212121 · Δ1.062
- SoFiprimary · #212121 · Δ1.062
- SoFitext · #212121 · Δ1.062
- AT&Tprimary · #1d2329 · Δ1.194
- AT&Ttext · #1d2329 · Δ1.194
- Retoolprimary · #242424 · Δ1.279
- Bumbleprimary · #202020 · Δ1.291
- Bumbletext · #202020 · Δ1.291
- ClickUptext · #202020 · Δ1.291
- Lamborghiniprimary · #202020 · Δ1.291
- Lamborghinitext · #202020 · Δ1.291
- 7-Elevenprimary · #212529 · Δ1.349
- 7-Eleventext · #212529 · Δ1.349
- Boeingtext · #212529 · Δ1.349
- Datadogtext · #212529 · Δ1.349
- Zedtext · #242529 · Δ1.392
- Appleprimary · #221e1f · Δ1.459
- GitLabtext · #1f1f1f · Δ1.602
- Googleprimary · #1f1f1f · Δ1.602
- Googletext · #1f1f1f · Δ1.602
- HubSpottext · #1f1f1f · Δ1.602
- Revoluttext · #1f1f1f · Δ1.602
- Allbirdsprimary · #241c24 · Δ1.667
- Todoisttext · #25221e · Δ1.684
- Victoria's Secretprimary · #221d1d · Δ1.881
- Victoria's Secrettext · #221d1d · Δ1.881
- WhatsAppprimary · #1c1e21 · Δ1.914
- WhatsApptext · #1c1e21 · Δ1.914
- Cloudflaretext · #262626 · Δ1.924
- Obsidiantext · #262626 · Δ1.924
- Sveltetext · #262626 · Δ1.924
- Figmatext · #1e1e1e · Δ1.957
Palettes built around it
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.
Retro Pop
Open in tool →Fifties-diner red and steel blue with a peach — nostalgic pop that still passes contrast.
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
#232126 reads as neutral, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #232126
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 #232126 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/232126-a2beb0-c859d4-1f2d2b-eaf1e9?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