Color
#40112e
#40112ergb(64, 17, 46)hsl(323, 58%, 16%)oklch(0.267 0.082 346)Colors that go with #40112e
Charcoal, Firebrick and Sea Green 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 #40112e: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Firebrick #b22222
analogousshippedFirebrick is #40112e's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite #40112e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of #40112e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #40112e in 9 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and Maple, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped13 real palettes, including Burger King's brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system put Blue beside #40112e, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Blush and Graphite Mono put Blush Pink beside #40112e, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #40112e in 5 real palettes, including Kiln and Polaroid, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #40112e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #40112e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 15.7:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.34:1 | 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 #40112e 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
#40112e reads as warm, dark, luxury. 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 #40112e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/40112e-c19fb0-6dcb62-2d1f22-f0e9f1?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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