Gallery
Open in tool →Near-monochrome with one burnt-orange highlight — an art director's default because it never competes with the work.
Color
#0e161a
#0e161a
hex
#0e161argb
rgb(14, 22, 26)hsl
hsl(200, 30%, 8%)oklch
oklch(0.194 0.014 230)Closest name: Black Stallion (#0e191c)Relative luminance 0.0074
Colors that go with #0e161a
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 #0e161a without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #0e161a in 18 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 #0e161a, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #0e161a 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 #0e161a, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Garnet put Brown beside #0e161a, as the supporting colour.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Mailchimp's brand system and Qatar Airways's brand system put Burgundy beside #0e161a, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #0e161a in 6 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Velvet, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #0e161a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #0e161a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 18.29:1 | 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 #0e161a as the background.
Brands using this color
- Characterprimary · #11181c · Δ0.983
- Charactertext · #11181c · Δ0.983
- Perplexitytext · #091717 · Δ1.138
- Xfinityprimary · #141417 · Δ1.223
- Xfinitytext · #141417 · Δ1.223
- Boseprimary · #131317 · Δ1.313
- Bosetext · #131317 · Δ1.313
- Affirmtext · #101820 · Δ1.348
- Chasetext · #101820 · Δ1.348
- Liquid Deathprimary · #151515 · Δ1.454
- Retooltext · #151515 · Δ1.454
- Rivianprimary · #151515 · Δ1.454
- Riviantext · #151515 · Δ1.454
- Abstractprimary · #141414 · Δ1.472
- LEGOprimary · #141414 · Δ1.472
- LEGOtext · #141414 · Δ1.472
- Runwayprimary · #141414 · Δ1.472
- T-Mobileprimary · #141414 · Δ1.472
- T-Mobiletext · #141414 · Δ1.472
- Wells Fargotext · #141414 · Δ1.472
- Lemon Squeezytext · #121217 · Δ1.535
- Airtabletext · #161616 · Δ1.569
- Beatsprimary · #161616 · Δ1.569
- Beatstext · #161616 · Δ1.569
- CircleCItext · #161616 · Δ1.569
- IBMprimary · #161616 · Δ1.569
- IBMtext · #161616 · Δ1.569
- Anthropictext · #141413 · Δ1.596
- MongoDBtext · #061621 · Δ1.764
- Guinnesstext · #171717 · Δ1.789
- Next.jstext · #171717 · Δ1.789
- Monzotext · #091723 · Δ1.835
- Philipsprimary · #15191e · Δ1.845
- Philipstext · #15191e · Δ1.845
- NHLprimary · #121212 · Δ1.869
- NHLtext · #121212 · Δ1.869
- Warbyparkerprimary · #121212 · Δ1.869
- Warbyparkertext · #121212 · Δ1.869
- PlayStation® Official Site: Consoles, Games, Accessories & MoreSony Interactive Entertainmentprimary · #181416 · Δ1.921
- GitHubprimary · #181717 · Δ1.966
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.
Ink Wash
Open in tool →Greys on near-black — the monochrome dark mode; keep everything a tint of white and the layout does the talking.
Fonts for this mood
#0e161a reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #0e161a
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 #0e161a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/0e161a-9cb2c4-df4e64-1f232d-e9f1f0?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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