INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

palette_generate

Send a palette of up to 8 slots, locking some with hex values and leaving others empty.

colourmemory.comnone authenticationAvailability not checked

Input schema

{}

Potential side effects detected · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.colourmemory-com]
url = "https://api.colourmemory.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "colourmemory-com": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.colourmemory.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: colourmemory-com
Remote MCP URL: https://api.colourmemory.com/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "colourmemory-com": {
      "url": "https://api.colourmemory.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "colourmemory-com": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.colourmemory.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "colourmemory-com",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://api.colourmemory.com/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

query_conceptual — Ask a cultural, historical, or material colour question.
query_hex — Find the closest named archive colours to a hex value using CIEDE2000 perceptual distance.
palette_specify — Generate a complete interior specification from 2-8 hex values.
colour_metrics — Return perceptual colour metrics: LRV, chroma, hue angle, warmth classification, and illuminant shifts under D65 (6500K), F11 (4000K), and Illuminant A (3000K).
colour_harmonies — Return complementary, triadic, analogous, and split-complementary harmonies matched to named archive colours.
accessibility_check — Return WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios and AA/AAA pass/fail grades for a foreground hex against a background.
accessibility_matrix — Accept a palette array and return every foreground/background combination with contrast ratio, AA normal, AA large, AAA normal, AAA large pass/fail grades, and a summary.
accessibility_rules — Convert a palette WCAG matrix into actionable design-system rules.