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Named color
Asphalt
#130a06
hex
#130a06rgb
rgb(19, 10, 6)hsl
hsl(18, 52%, 5%)oklch
oklch(0.156 0.019 48)Relative luminance 0.0037
Asphalt 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 3 public brands that use it and the palettes it appears in.
Colors that go with Asphalt
Charcoal, Amber and Blue 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 text near-black that reads cleanly against Asphalt without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with Asphalt in 16 real palettes, including Ember and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped18 real palettes, including Robinhood's brand system and Pfizer's brand system put Blue beside Asphalt, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with Asphalt in 10 real palettes, including Render's brand system and Circuit, as the lead colour.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Velvet and Garnet put Brown beside Asphalt, as the lead colour.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Mailchimp's brand system and Rare Beauty's brand system put Burgundy beside Asphalt, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with Asphalt: 7 real palettes, including Estate and Diner, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped9 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Sweetgreen's brand system put Champagne beside Asphalt, as the text colour against it.
Real palettes that use Asphalt
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Asphalt as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 19.56:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.07:1 | 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 Asphalt as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
Asphalt reads as warm, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around Asphalt
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #130a06 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/130a06-c4ad9c-62cbb8-2d291f-f1e9eb?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