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Test whether a colour palette supports its brief words, and catch missing neutrals and look-alike colours

Palette against briefFreeFor designers and brand teams

25/day

free runs a day, no sign-in.

Before: what you give it

The example input, as typed in. You paste text, CSS, markup or notes.

palette:
  Ink #14213d
  Flame #fca311
  Paper #fff8ec
  Sage #8a9a5b
brief: trustworthy, warm, minimal, energetic

After: what comes back

The first lines of a real run on that input. Nothing here is edited by hand.

4 colours: Ink #14213d (blue), Flame #fca311 (orange), Paper #fff8ec (white), Sage #8a9a5b (green).
Measured: 3 chromatic, 1 neutral; 3 hue families; average saturation 58%; average lightness 53%; warm 33%, cool 33% of the chromatic colours.

Brief words against the palette:
  trustworthy: supported. Includes blue or green without extreme saturation (a common association, which varies by culture).
  warm: contradicted. Only 33% warm.
  minimal: contradicted. 4 colours, 3 chromatic is not minimal.
  energetic: contradicted. Saturation averages only 58%.

Text pairs reaching 4.5:1: Ink #14213d on Flame #fca311 7.9:1; Ink #14213d on Paper #fff8ec 15.1:1; Ink #14213d on Sage #8a9a5b 5.2:1.

Contrast of each colour on white and on black:
  Ink #14213d: 16:1 on white, 1.3:1 on black
  Flame #fca311: 2:1 on white, 10.4:1 on black
... full output on the tool page

What you get

Measured palette properties, a verdict per brief word, palette issues, and contrast on white and black

What it cannot do

Mood associations are common conventions and vary by culture; up to 16 colours.

Who it is for

  • Designers
  • Brand teams

Free and Pro

Free25 runs a day per IP address, up to 30,000 characters a run.
ProNo daily limit, 300 requests a minute, up to 200,000 characters a run.

What each plan includes

Use it from your assistant

The tool is called colour_palette_brief_check. Connect the server once, then ask for it by name or just describe the job. Install steps for each app.

claude mcp add --transport http designers https://designers.allthepossibles.com/mcp
curl -X POST https://designers.allthepossibles.com/api/palette-brief-check -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{"palette":"Ink #14213d\nFlame #fca311\nPaper #fff8ec\nSage #8a9a5b","brief":"trustworthy, warm, minimal, energetic"}'

Try it here

The form starts with the same example input, so you can run it first and then swap in your own.

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