Named color
Glossy Black
#110011rgb(17, 0, 17)hsl(300, 100%, 3%)oklch(0.125 0.057 328.4)Glossy Black 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 curated palettes it appears in and any public brand that adopts it.
Colors that go with Glossy Black
Blue Violet, Charcoal and Teal 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.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
analogousshippedBlue Violet is Glossy Black's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for Glossy Black: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of Glossy Black: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Forest Green #228b22
complementaryshippedForest Green sits directly opposite Glossy Black on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with Glossy Black in 13 real palettes, including Southwest Airlines's brand system and Ember, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped16 real palettes, including Glossier's brand system and Uber's brand system put Blue beside Glossy Black, as the accent.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Midnight Luxe and Bramble put Champagne beside Glossy Black, as the text colour against it.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with Glossy Black: 13 real palettes, including Oreo's brand system and Behance's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use Glossy Black
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Glossy Black as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 20.35:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.03:1 | 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 Glossy Black as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
Glossy Black reads as warm, vivid, dark. 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 #110011 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/110011-c19fbd-95cb62-2d1f27-ede9f1?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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