Color
#240226
#240226rgb(36, 2, 38)hsl(297, 90%, 8%)oklch(0.188 0.081 325.8)Colors that go with #240226
Blue Violet, Charcoal and Teal 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.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
analogousshippedBlue Violet is #240226's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #240226: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of #240226: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Forest Green #228b22
complementaryshippedForest Green sits directly opposite #240226 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #240226 in 16 real palettes, including Southwest Airlines's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped21 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Penpot's brand system put Blue beside #240226, as the supporting colour.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Garnet and Velvet put Brown beside #240226, as the lead colour.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Qatar Airways's brand system and Mailchimp's brand system put Burgundy beside #240226, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #240226
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #240226 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 18.89:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.11:1 | 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 #240226 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#240226 reads as cool, vivid, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
Point 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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #240226 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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