Terminal
Open in tool →Green for success, blue for links, pink for emphasis — the dark-mode developer family, tuned to sit on near-black without glare.
Named color
Black Wash
#0c0c0c
hex
#0c0c0crgb
rgb(12, 12, 12)hsl
hsl(0, 0%, 5%)oklch
oklch(0.154 0 0)Relative luminance 0.0037
Black Wash 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 17 public brands that use it and the palettes it appears in.
Colors that go with Black Wash
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 Wash without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with Black Wash in 16 real palettes, including Ahrefs's brand system and Mastodon hosted on mastodon.social's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped18 real palettes, including Pfizer's brand system and Robinhood's brand system put Blue beside Black Wash, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with Black Wash in 10 real palettes, including Render's brand system and Circuit, as the lead colour.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Velvet and State Farm's brand system put Brown beside Black Wash, as the lead colour.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Mailchimp's brand system and Rare Beauty's brand system put Burgundy beside Black Wash, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with Black Wash in 4 real palettes, including Velvet and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with Black Wash: 7 real palettes, including Estate and Diner, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use Black Wash
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Black Wash 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 Black Wash as the background.
Brands using this color
- Asanatext · #0d0d0d · Δ0.473
- Rendertext · #0d0d0d · Δ0.473
- Coinbasetext · #0a0b0d · Δ0.68
- Olympicstext · #0d0d10 · Δ0.878
- Buntext · #0a0a0a · Δ0.955
- Framertext · #0a0a0a · Δ0.955
- MetaMaskprimary · #0a0a0a · Δ0.955
- MetaMasktext · #0a0a0a · Δ0.955
- Pfizerprimary · #0a0a0a · Δ0.955
- Pfizertext · #0a0a0a · Δ0.955
- Lineartext · #0d0e10 · Δ1.022
- Twitchtext · #0e0e10 · Δ1.113
- Wisetext · #0e0f0c · Δ1.329
- Airbusprimary · #070b11 · Δ1.615
- Airbustext · #070b11 · Δ1.615
- Robinhoodtext · #110e08 · Δ1.709
- Webflowtext · #080808 · Δ1.993
Palettes built around it
Circuit
Open in tool →Violet plus cyan is the current AI-product signal — pair it with pure black type to keep it from going candy.
Neobank
Open in tool →Purple-and-lime is the challenger-bank uniform — high energy, and clearly not a legacy bank.
Streetwear
Open in tool →Black, white, red, yellow — drop-culture signal colors, unmissable at thumbnail size.
Noir Beauty
Open in tool →Black, gold and one deep red — the prestige cosmetics counter: all restraint and a single lipstick.
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.
Velvet
Open in tool →Burgundy and plum on near-black with a brass accent — theatre, wine, and anything that wants to feel after-dark.
Fonts for this mood
Black Wash reads as neutral, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around Black Wash
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 #0c0c0c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/0c0c0c-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.
Machine-readable: color.md