Color
#280109
#280109rgb(40, 1, 9)hsl(348, 95%, 8%)oklch(0.179 0.068 12.2)Colors that go with #280109
Charcoal, Denim and Rust 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 body-text near-black for #280109: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Denim #1560bd
triadicshippedDenim completes a triad with #280109 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Rust #b7410e
analogousshippedRust is #280109's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #280109: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite #280109 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 #280109 in 16 real palettes, including Heatwave and Ember, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped22 real palettes, including Robinhood's brand system and native Cybersecurity's brand system put Blue beside #280109, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #280109 in 10 real palettes, including Prepare your taste buds...'s brand system and Klarna US's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #280109
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #280109 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 19.12:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.1:1 | 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 #280109 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#280109 reads as warm, 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 #280109 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/280109-c49c9f-62cb83-2d231f-f1e9ef?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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