Color
#016c7f
#016c7frgb(1, 108, 127)hsl(189, 98%, 25%)oklch(0.489 0.086 215.5)Colors that go with #016c7f
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 #016c7f: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
split-complementshippedCrimson is a split-complement of #016c7f: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Rust #b7410e
complementaryshippedRust sits directly opposite #016c7f 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 #016c7f in 5 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and McDonald's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Activision's brand system and Warp's brand system put Blue beside #016c7f, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #016c7f: 7 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Glacier, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #016c7f: 4 real palettes, including Desert Road and Dusk, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #016c7f: 4 real palettes, including Deep Water and Venmo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #016c7f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #016c7f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.08:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.45:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #016c7f 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
#016c7f reads as cool, vivid, dark. 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 #016c7f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/016c7f-a2b7be-df4e7e-1f252d-e9f1ee?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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