Gallery
Open in tool →Near-monochrome with one burnt-orange highlight — an art director's default because it never competes with the work.
Color
#121716
#121716
hex
#121716rgb
rgb(18, 23, 22)hsl
hsl(168, 12%, 8%)oklch
oklch(0.199 0.008 182.1)Closest name: Black Stallion (#0e191c)Relative luminance 0.008
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #121716 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 18.11:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.16:1 | 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 #121716 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Airtabletext · #161616 · Δ0.8
- CircleCItext · #161616 · Δ0.8
- Retooltext · #151515 · Δ0.853
- Next.jstext · #171717 · Δ0.973
- Runwayprimary · #141414 · Δ1.103
- Anthropictext · #141413 · Δ1.114
- GitHubprimary · #181717 · Δ1.164
- Perplexitytext · #091717 · Δ1.392
- Notionprimary · #191919 · Δ1.649
- Netlifytext · #181a1c · Δ1.904
- JetBrainstext · #19191c · Δ1.915
- Chasetext · #101820 · Δ1.936
Palettes built around it
Console Light
Open in tool →A sober docs palette: one blue for interactive, one green for success, zinc greys for everything else.
Graphite
Open in tool →A greyscale system with a single amber — the accent does all the work, so allow one per screen.
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
#121716 reads as muted, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #121716
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 #121716 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/121716-a2bebc-d459ad-1f2a2d-e9f1ec?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