Tabloid
Open in tool →Red, black and yellow on white is the loudest three-color system in print — use it when headlines are the product.
Color
#161009
#161009
hex
#161009rgb
rgb(22, 16, 9)hsl
hsl(32, 42%, 6%)oklch
oklch(0.178 0.017 70.8)Closest name: Sinister (#12110e)Relative luminance 0.0056
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #161009 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 18.88:1 | 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 #161009 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Robinhoodtext · #110e08 · Δ1.405
- American Expresstext · #111111 · Δ1.689
- Behancetext · #111111 · Δ1.689
- Calmtext · #111111 · Δ1.689
- Intercomtext · #111111 · Δ1.689
- Klarna UStext · #111111 · Δ1.689
- Mirotext · #111111 · Δ1.689
- Paddletext · #111111 · Δ1.689
- PayPaltext · #111111 · Δ1.689
- Plaidtext · #111111 · Δ1.689
- PostHogtext · #111111 · Δ1.689
- Reddittext · #111111 · Δ1.689
- Remixtext · #111111 · Δ1.689
- Replittext · #111111 · Δ1.689
- Verceltext · #111111 · Δ1.689
- Wisetext · #0e0f0c · Δ1.852
- Anthropictext · #141413 · Δ1.976
Palettes built around it
Neobank
Open in tool →Purple-and-lime is the challenger-bank uniform — high energy, and clearly not a legacy bank.
Ember
Open in tool →Flame orange on charcoal — the sports and energy palette; one accent yellow for stats and highlights.
Fonts for this mood
#161009 reads as warm, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #161009
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 #161009 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/161009-c4b69c-62c5cb-2d2d1f-f1eae9?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