Named color
Bitter Chocolate
#4f2923rgb(79, 41, 35)hsl(8, 39%, 22%)oklch(0.329 0.058 30)Bitter Chocolate 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 curated palettes it appears in and any public brand that adopts it.
Colors that go with Bitter Chocolate
Sea Green, Sienna and Steel 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with Bitter Chocolate — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sienna #a0522d
analogousshippedSienna is Bitter Chocolate's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Steel Blue #4682b4
split-complementshippedSteel Blue is a split-complement of Bitter Chocolate: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
complementaryshippedTeal sits directly opposite Bitter Chocolate 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 Bitter Chocolate in 6 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped10 real palettes, including Dunkin''s brand system and Tim Hortons's brand system put Blue beside Bitter Chocolate, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Blush and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside Bitter Chocolate, as the supporting colour.
Cream #fffdd0
neutralCream is the surface Bitter Chocolate wants: a warm off-white that shares its undertone, so Bitter Chocolate reads softer on it than on pure white.
Real palettes that use Bitter Chocolate
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Bitter Chocolate as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.55:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.67:1 | 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 Bitter Chocolate 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
Bitter Chocolate 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 #4f2923 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/4f2923-c4a69c-62cba6-2d271f-f1e9ec?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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