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Named color
Shot in the Dark
#1d0d1d
hex
#1d0d1drgb
rgb(29, 13, 29)hsl
hsl(300, 38%, 8%)oklch
oklch(0.19 0.04 327)Relative luminance 0.0064
Shot In The Dark 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 Shot in the Dark
Charcoal, Dark Olive Green and Sea Green 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 Shot in the Dark: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
split-complementshippedDark Olive Green is a split-complement of Shot in the Dark: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sea Green #2e8b57
complementaryshippedSea Green sits directly opposite Shot in the Dark on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
analogousshippedSlate Blue is Shot in the Dark's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of Shot in the Dark: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with Shot in the Dark in 18 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Ember, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped22 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and native Cybersecurity's brand system put Blue beside Shot in the Dark, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with Shot in the Dark in 10 real palettes, including Gemstone and Prepare your taste buds...'s brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use Shot in the Dark
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Shot in the Dark as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 18.62:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.13:1 | 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 Shot in the Dark as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
Shot in the Dark reads as warm, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around Shot in the Dark
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 #1d0d1d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/1d0d1d-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.
Machine-readable: color.md