Neobank
Open in tool →Purple-and-lime is the challenger-bank uniform — high energy, and clearly not a legacy bank.
Named color
Balsamico
#130d07
hex
#130d07rgb
rgb(19, 13, 7)hsl
hsl(30, 46%, 5%)oklch
oklch(0.165 0.016 67.8)Relative luminance 0.0044
Balsamico 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 5 public brands that use it and the palettes it appears in.
Colors that go with Balsamico
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 Balsamico without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with Balsamico in 17 real palettes, including Ember and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped20 real palettes, including Robinhood's brand system and native Cybersecurity's brand system put Blue beside Balsamico, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with Balsamico in 10 real palettes, including Neobank and Render's brand system, as the lead colour.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Velvet put Brown beside Balsamico, as the supporting colour.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Mailchimp's brand system and Rare Beauty's brand system put Burgundy beside Balsamico, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with Balsamico in 4 real palettes, including Velvet and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with Balsamico: 7 real palettes, including Estate and Diner, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use Balsamico
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Balsamico as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 19.3:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.09:1 | 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 Balsamico as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Noir Beauty
Open in tool →Black, gold and one deep red — the prestige cosmetics counter: all restraint and a single lipstick.
Ember
Open in tool →Flame orange on charcoal — the sports and energy palette; one accent yellow for stats and highlights.
Fonts for this mood
Balsamico reads as warm, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around Balsamico
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 #130d07 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/130d07-c4b59c-62c9cb-2d2c1f-f1eae9?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