Terminal
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.
Named color
Midnight Edition
#0c121b
hex
#0c121brgb
rgb(12, 18, 27)hsl
hsl(216, 38%, 8%)oklch
oklch(0.181 0.021 258.3)Relative luminance 0.0059
Midnight Edition 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 10 public brands that use it and the palettes it appears in.
Colors that go with Midnight Edition
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 #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black that reads cleanly against Midnight Edition without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with Midnight Edition in 18 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Ahrefs's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped21 real palettes, including Kia's brand system and MongoDB's brand system put Blue beside Midnight Edition, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with Midnight Edition in 10 real palettes, including Prepare your taste buds...'s brand system and Klarna US's brand system, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Velvet put Brown beside Midnight Edition, as the supporting colour.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Mailchimp's brand system and Qatar Airways's brand system put Burgundy beside Midnight Edition, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with Midnight Edition in 5 real palettes, including Velvet and Coffee Bar, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with Midnight Edition: 9 real palettes, including Estate and Arctic, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use Midnight Edition
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Midnight Edition as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 18.78:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.12:1 | 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 Midnight Edition as the background.
Brands using this color
- Hugging Faceprimary · #0b0f19 · Δ1.171
- Kiaprimary · #05141f · Δ1.324
- Kiatext · #05141f · Δ1.324
- Lemon Squeezytext · #121217 · Δ1.329
- Railwaytext · #13111c · Δ1.368
- Boseprimary · #131317 · Δ1.625
- Bosetext · #131317 · Δ1.625
- MongoDBtext · #061621 · Δ1.763
- Xfinityprimary · #141417 · Δ1.978
- Xfinitytext · #141417 · Δ1.978
Palettes built around it
Ledger Dark
Open in tool →Gold on midnight is the private-banking cue; the mint accent keeps it from feeling old-money stuffy.
Estate
Open in tool →Bronze on charcoal signals premium listings; the silver accent handles secondary detail without adding color.
Fonts for this mood
Midnight Edition reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around Midnight Edition
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #0c121b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/0c121b-9ca7c4-df5f4e-201f2d-e9f0f1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md