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Open in tool →Ink-black on warm paper with a single red — the broadsheet hierarchy that lets typography lead.
Color
#efedf2rgb(239, 237, 242)hsl(264, 16%, 94%)oklch(0.949 0.007 304.2)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 #efedf2 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber is paired with #efedf2 in 21 real palettes, including Trailhead and Blueprint, as the accent.
47 real palettes, including Binance's brand system and Dropbox's brand system put Blue beside #efedf2, as the accent.
Blue Violet is paired with #efedf2 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 #efedf2, as the accent.
5 real palettes, including Velvet and Garnet put Brown beside #efedf2, as the lead colour.
5 real palettes, including Candlelight and Heinz's brand system put Burgundy beside #efedf2, as the lead colour.
Burlywood is paired with #efedf2 in 8 real palettes, including Velvet and Chalkboard, as the accent.
| #efedf2 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 1.16:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 18.07:1 | 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 #efedf2 as the background.
Ink-black on warm paper with a single red — the broadsheet hierarchy that lets typography lead.
Green for success, blue for links, pink for emphasis — the dark-mode developer family, tuned to sit on near-black without glare.
A greyscale system with a single amber — the accent does all the work, so allow one per screen.
Gold on midnight is the private-banking cue; the mint accent keeps it from feeling old-money stuffy.
Slate green with chalk cream and a coral — nostalgic without being twee.
Bronze on charcoal signals premium listings; the silver accent handles secondary detail without adding color.
Rust, pine and sun — high-visibility earth tones that read at a distance and on a trail sign.
A pure greyscale with a single electric blue — the portfolio palette that makes work look considered.
Slate blue with a copper accent — calm, professional, slightly editorial; suits consultancies and journals.
Burgundy and plum on near-black with a brass accent — theatre, wine, and anything that wants to feel after-dark.
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.
Wet-stone green and pebble grey with a copper accent — an earth palette that leans cool, for outdoor and wellness.
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.
Greys on near-black — the monochrome dark mode; keep everything a tint of white and the layout does the talking.
Emerald, amethyst and ruby on velvet-black — the jewel-tone trio; the surface must be dark or the stones go plastic.
Garnet, carnelian and citrine on a wine-black — the warm jewel set for spirits, theatre and jewellery itself.
#efedf2 reads as cool, 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 #efedf2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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