Midnight Luxe
Open in tool →Champagne gold on ink-navy with a violet undertone — hotels and spirits use it because it reads expensive at any size.
Named color
#b6bdd0rgb(182, 189, 208)hsl(224, 22%, 76%)oklch(0.799 0.028 269.6)Arctic Ice on this page is the real value, not a screenshot: exact hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH, ten tints and ten shades, classic harmonies, and WCAG contrast with fixes — plus the 1 public brand that uses it and the palettes it appears in.
Charcoal, Copper and Crimson 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 is the text near-black that reads cleanly against Arctic Ice without the hard edge of pure #000.
Designers have shipped Copper with Arctic Ice: 4 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Desert Road, as the accent.
Crimson is paired with Arctic Ice in 5 real palettes, including Cartier's brand system and Frost & Ember, as the accent.
Designers have shipped Deep Sky Blue with Arctic Ice: 5 real palettes, including Max's brand system and Calendly's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Designers have shipped Denim with Arctic Ice: 5 real palettes, including Nikon's brand system and Fitbit's brand system, as the supporting colour.
9 real palettes, including Lavender Milk and Telehealth put Midnight Blue beside Arctic Ice, as the text colour against it.
4 real palettes, including Estate and Kiln put Peru beside Arctic Ice, as the lead colour.
Designers have shipped Sage Green with Arctic Ice: 4 real palettes, including Garden Wedding and Stone, as the lead colour.
| Arctic Ice as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.88:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 11.18:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with Arctic Ice as the background.
Arctic Ice reads as cool, muted, light. 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 #b6bdd0 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/b6bdd0-9ca2c4-df724e-221f2d-e9eff1?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