Bookshop
Open in tool →Chestnut and forest on cream read like a cloth-bound spine; the palette recedes so covers and type do the talking.
Color
#261e18
#261e18
hex
#261e18rgb
rgb(38, 30, 24)hsl
hsl(26, 23%, 12%)oklch
oklch(0.242 0.017 58.7)Closest name: Dark Orchestra (#251b19)Relative luminance 0.0141
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #261e18 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 16.39:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.28:1 | 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 #261e18 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Farmers Market
Open in tool →Tomato, leaf and honey — the three colors of a produce stand, warm enough to make anything look fresh.
Fresh Juice
Open in tool →Orange, mango and mint — a sugar rush; keep the type black so it stays legible under all that color.
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.
Saffron
Open in tool →Saffron and clove with a teal counterpoint — spice-market warmth, balanced so it doesn't go orange everywhere.
Fonts for this mood
#261e18 reads as warm, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #261e18
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 #261e18 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/261e18-c4b29c-62cbc5-2d2b1f-f1e9ea?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