Color
#161003
#161003rgb(22, 16, 3)hsl(41, 76%, 5%)oklch(0.177 0.028 87.9)Colors that go with #161003
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 #161003 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #161003 in 18 real palettes, including Ember and Ahrefs's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped21 real palettes, including Robinhood's brand system and native Cybersecurity's brand system put Blue beside #161003, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #161003 in 10 real palettes, including Prepare your taste buds...'s brand system and Klarna US's brand system, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Garnet put Brown beside #161003, as the supporting colour.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Mailchimp's brand system and Qatar Airways's brand system put Burgundy beside #161003, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #161003 in 4 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Velvet, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #161003: 7 real palettes, including Estate and Diner, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #161003
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #161003 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 18.93:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.11:1 | 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 #161003 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#161003 reads as warm, 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 #161003 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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