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Named color
Black Metal
#060606
hex
#060606rgb
rgb(6, 6, 6)hsl
hsl(0, 0%, 2%)oklch
oklch(0.122 0 0)Relative luminance 0.0018
Black Metal 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 9 public brands that use it and the palettes it appears in.
Colors that go with Black Metal
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 Black Metal without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with Black Metal in 15 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped16 real palettes, including Glossier's brand system and Uber's brand system put Blue beside Black Metal, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with Black Metal in 9 real palettes, including Circuit and Render's brand system, as the lead colour.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Velvet and State Farm's brand system put Brown beside Black Metal, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped7 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Sweetgreen's brand system put Champagne beside Black Metal, as the text colour against it.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with Black Metal: 14 real palettes, including Oreo's brand system and Behance's brand system, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with Black Metal: 4 real palettes, including Chipotle's brand system and Atelier, as the accent.
Real palettes that use Black Metal
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Black Metal as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 20.26:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.04:1 | 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 Black Metal as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
Black Metal reads as neutral, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around Black Metal
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 #060606 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/060606-a2beb0-c859d4-1f2d2b-eaf1e9?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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