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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.
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#ebeae5rgb(235, 234, 229)hsl(50, 13%, 91%)oklch(0.936 0.007 97.4)Blanco 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 1 public brand that uses it and the palettes it appears in.
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 is the text near-black that reads cleanly against Blanco without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber is paired with Blanco in 21 real palettes, including Trailhead and Ember, as the accent.
47 real palettes, including Dropbox's brand system and Binance's brand system put Blue beside Blanco, as the accent.
Blue Violet is paired with Blanco in 12 real palettes, including Gemstone and ClickUp's brand system, as the supporting colour.
7 real palettes, including Estate and Blush put Blush Pink beside Blanco, as the accent.
5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Woodsmoke put Brown beside Blanco, as the accent.
5 real palettes, including Candlelight and Heinz's brand system put Burgundy beside Blanco, as the lead colour.
Burlywood is paired with Blanco in 8 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Kiln, as the lead colour.
| Blanco as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.2:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 17.43:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with Blanco as the background.
Green for success, blue for links, pink for emphasis — the dark-mode developer family, tuned to sit on near-black without glare.
Espresso and caramel: a dark-roast palette that photographs latte art beautifully.
Slate green with chalk cream and a coral — nostalgic without being twee.
Rust, pine and sun — high-visibility earth tones that read at a distance and on a trail sign.
Moss and bark with a mushroom-cap amber — grounded and quiet, made for long-form nature content.
Champagne gold on ink-navy with a violet undertone — hotels and spirits use it because it reads expensive at any size.
Burgundy and plum on near-black with a brass accent — theatre, wine, and anything that wants to feel after-dark.
Amber and oxblood on smoky brown — a fireside dark mode that photographs whisky, leather and wool.
Blackberry and bark with a wheat highlight on a plum-black surface — late-autumn, quiet, slightly gothic.
Terracotta, stone and olive on linen — the earth-tone default for ceramics, skincare and anything hand-made.
Fired clay and ash on a dark umber — the earthy dark mode; warm enough that the dark surface reads as material, not void.
Sepia, faded ochre and a teal shadow on aged paper — the photograph-in-a-drawer palette, tuned so it still passes AA.
Ink-black and ribbon-red on manila — the correspondence palette; all the vintage comes from the paper colour.
Cranberry, pine and brass on a charcoal night — the holiday palette without the clichés, because the surface is cold.
Fern and lichen with a fungus orange on a fir-black — the forest floor at dusk, as a dark theme.
Greys on near-black — the monochrome dark mode; keep everything a tint of white and the layout does the talking.
Blanco reads as warm, muted, light. 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 #ebeae5 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/ebeae5-c4c29c-4eacdf-292d1f-f1ece9?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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