Named color
Pitch-Black Forests
#003322rgb(0, 51, 34)hsl(160, 100%, 10%)oklch(0.284 0.06 164.5)Pitch Black Forests 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 Pitch-Black Forests
Charcoal, Crimson and Rust 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 for Pitch-Black Forests: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
split-complementshippedCrimson is a split-complement of Pitch-Black Forests: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Rust #b7410e
triadicshippedRust completes a triad with Pitch-Black Forests — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Teal #008080
analogousshippedTeal is Pitch-Black Forests's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Medium Violet Red #c71585
complementaryshippedMedium Violet Red sits directly opposite Pitch-Black Forests 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 Pitch-Black Forests in 11 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped16 real palettes, including Instacart's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside Pitch-Black Forests, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped6 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Graphite Mono put Blush Pink beside Pitch-Black Forests, as the accent.
Real palettes that use Pitch-Black Forests
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Pitch-Black Forests as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.03:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.5:1 | 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 Pitch-Black Forests 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
Pitch-Black Forests reads as vivid, dark, luxury. 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 #003322 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/003322-a2beb8-d459be-1f2c2d-e9f1eb?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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