Brand colors

Codecademy colors

Codecademy's 5 brand colors as structured tokens — every role's hex with copy buttons, contrast pairs measured against the brand's own surface, and CSS / DTCG downloads. Ask your agent for a palette inspired by Codecademy via the colors MCP.

Full brand page →education

Source: codecademy.com
Extracted: 2 September 2026
Version: 3

primary1c4454 secondary2c4c5c accentdc2626 surfaceffffff text111111

Role tokens

primary#1c4454 · Charcoal
secondary#2c4c5c · Charcoal
accent#dc2626 · Crimson
surface#ffffff · White
text#111111 · Near Black

Open in palette tool Contrast checker

Contrast pairs

Pair	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaprimary on surface	10.48:1	pass	pass	pass	—
Aasecondary on surface	9.15:1	pass	pass	pass	—
Aaaccent on surface	4.83:1	pass	pass	fail	AAA: accent → #ab1c1c (7.21:1)
Aatext on surface	18.88:1	pass	pass	pass	—
Aatext on primary	1.8:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: text → #ababab (4.56:1)
Aatext on secondary	2.06:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: text → #b8b8b8 (4.61:1)
Aatext on accent	3.91:1	fail	pass	fail	AA: text → #f7f7f7 (4.51:1)

Measured against the brand's own surface where it has one; fixes move lightness only so they stay on-hue.

Download

The same tokens as CSS custom properties, a Tailwind v4 @theme block, and a W3C DTCG color group — or fetch tokens.json / brand.css for the full brand.

css · codecademy-com-colors.css

:root {
  --color-primary: #1c4454;
  --color-secondary: #2c4c5c;
  --color-accent: #dc2626;
  --color-surface: #ffffff;
  --color-text: #111111;
}

tailwind · theme.css

/* Codecademy — Tailwind v4 theme. Import after "tailwindcss". */
@theme {
  --color-primary: #1c4454;
  --color-secondary: #2c4c5c;
  --color-accent: #dc2626;
  --color-surface: #ffffff;
  --color-text: #111111;
}

dtcg · codecademy-com-colors.tokens.json

{
  "$description": "Codecademy brand colors",
  "color": {
    "primary": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": "#1c4454"
    },
    "secondary": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": "#2c4c5c"
    },
    "accent": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": "#dc2626"
    },
    "surface": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": "#ffffff"
    },
    "text": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": "#111111"
    }
  }
}

Similar brand palettes

Public brands whose primary sits closest on the hue wheel.

mcpConnect your agent — riff on Codecademy

live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

try this prompt

›build a palette inspired by Codecademy for a education startup — keep the feel, change the primary, and give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/1c4454-2c4c5c-dc2626-ffffff-111111?lock=0

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