Tabloid
Open in tool →Red, black and yellow on white is the loudest three-color system in print — use it when headlines are the product.
Color
#091516
#091516
hex
#091516rgb
rgb(9, 21, 22)hsl
hsl(185, 42%, 6%)oklch
oklch(0.185 0.017 202.5)Closest name: Cursed Black (#131313)Relative luminance 0.0065
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #091516 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 18.58:1 | 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 #091516 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Perplexitytext · #091717 · Δ0.767
- Runwayprimary · #141414 · Δ1.844
- Anthropictext · #141413 · Δ1.86
- American Expresstext · #111111 · Δ1.881
- Behancetext · #111111 · Δ1.881
- Calmtext · #111111 · Δ1.881
- Intercomtext · #111111 · Δ1.881
- Klarna UStext · #111111 · Δ1.881
- Mirotext · #111111 · Δ1.881
- Paddletext · #111111 · Δ1.881
- PayPaltext · #111111 · Δ1.881
- Plaidtext · #111111 · Δ1.881
- PostHogtext · #111111 · Δ1.881
- Reddittext · #111111 · Δ1.881
- Remixtext · #111111 · Δ1.881
- Replittext · #111111 · Δ1.881
- Verceltext · #111111 · Δ1.881
- Lemon Squeezytext · #121217 · Δ1.896
Palettes built around it
Atelier
Open in tool →Black on bone with a whisper of gold: the runway default that lets garments carry the color.
Estate
Open in tool →Bronze on charcoal signals premium listings; the silver accent handles secondary detail without adding color.
Fonts for this mood
#091516 reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #091516
live endpointPoint any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #091516 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/091516-a2b8be-df4e88-1f262d-e9f1ee?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