Gallery
Open in tool →Near-monochrome with one burnt-orange highlight — an art director's default because it never competes with the work.
Color
#0d161b
#0d161b
hex
#0d161brgb
rgb(13, 22, 27)hsl
hsl(201, 35%, 8%)oklch
oklch(0.194 0.017 233.1)Closest name: Black Stallion (#0e191c)Relative luminance 0.0074
Colors that go with #0d161b
Charcoal, Amber and Blue 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 that reads cleanly against #0d161b without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #0d161b in 15 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Ahrefs's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped23 real palettes, including MongoDB's brand system and Monzo's brand system put Blue beside #0d161b, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #0d161b in 10 real palettes, including Prepare your taste buds...'s brand system and Klarna US's brand system, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Estate and Cartier's brand system put Blush Pink beside #0d161b, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Velvet put Brown beside #0d161b, as the supporting colour.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #0d161b in 6 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Velvet, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #0d161b: 9 real palettes, including Estate and Arctic, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #0d161b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #0d161b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 18.3:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.15:1 | 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 #0d161b as the background.
Brands using this color
- Perplexitytext · #091717 · Δ1.209
- Affirmtext · #101820 · Δ1.276
- Chasetext · #101820 · Δ1.276
- Boseprimary · #131317 · Δ1.443
- Bosetext · #131317 · Δ1.443
- MongoDBtext · #061621 · Δ1.518
- Monzotext · #091723 · Δ1.611
- Lemon Squeezytext · #121217 · Δ1.614
- Liquid Deathprimary · #151515 · Δ1.686
- Retooltext · #151515 · Δ1.686
- Rivianprimary · #151515 · Δ1.686
- Riviantext · #151515 · Δ1.686
- Abstractprimary · #141414 · Δ1.693
- Runwayprimary · #141414 · Δ1.693
- T-Mobileprimary · #141414 · Δ1.693
- T-Mobiletext · #141414 · Δ1.693
- Kiaprimary · #05141f · Δ1.792
- Kiatext · #05141f · Δ1.792
- Airtabletext · #161616 · Δ1.794
- Beatsprimary · #161616 · Δ1.794
- Beatstext · #161616 · Δ1.794
- CircleCItext · #161616 · Δ1.794
- IBMprimary · #161616 · Δ1.794
- IBMtext · #161616 · Δ1.794
- Anthropictext · #141413 · Δ1.823
- Philipsprimary · #15191e · Δ1.914
- Philipstext · #15191e · Δ1.914
- Guinnesstext · #171717 · Δ1.997
- Next.jstext · #171717 · Δ1.997
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
#0d161b reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #0d161b
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 #0d161b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/0d161b-9cb1c4-df4e62-1f222d-e9f1f0?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