Named color
Illicit Darkness
#00022ergb(0, 2, 46)hsl(237, 100%, 9%)oklch(0.143 0.09 264.2)Illicit Darkness 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 Illicit Darkness
Blue Violet, Charcoal and Crimson 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 Illicit Darkness'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 Illicit Darkness: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with Illicit Darkness — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is Illicit Darkness's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with Illicit Darkness in 11 real palettes, including Southwest Airlines's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped16 real palettes, including Penpot's brand system and League of Legends's brand system put Blue beside Illicit Darkness, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped5 real palettes, including Allbirds's brand system and Midnight Luxe put Champagne beside Illicit Darkness, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with Illicit Darkness: 16 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Air France's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use Illicit Darkness
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Illicit Darkness as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 20.04:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.05:1 | 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 Illicit Darkness 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
Illicit Darkness reads as cool, 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 #00022e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/00022e-9f9cc4-df924e-251f2d-e9edf1?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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