Color
#160949
#160949rgb(22, 9, 73)hsl(252, 78%, 16%)oklch(0.216 0.109 281.6)Colors that go with #160949
Charcoal, Rust and Sea Green 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 #160949: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Rust #b7410e
triadicshippedRust completes a triad with #160949 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #160949 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #160949's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #160949 in 13 real palettes, including Southwest Airlines's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped15 real palettes, including Penpot's brand system and League of Legends's brand system put Blue beside #160949, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #160949 in 8 real palettes, including Gemstone and Yahoo's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #160949: 9 real palettes, including SoFi's brand system and Arctic, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #160949
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #160949 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 17.96:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.17:1 | 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 #160949 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#160949 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 #160949 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/160949-a99cc4-dfb64e-281f2d-e9ecf1?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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