Blueprint
Open in tool →Cyan and indigo on navy is the developer-tool look; amber is the only warm note, so it always reads as 'attention'.
Color
#16142f
#16142f
hex
#16142frgb
rgb(22, 20, 47)hsl
hsl(244, 40%, 13%)oklch
oklch(0.21 0.052 284.3)Closest name: Dark Knight (#151931)Relative luminance 0.0088
Colors that go with #16142f
Charcoal, Dark Olive Green 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 #16142f: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
complementaryshippedDark Olive Green sits directly opposite #16142f on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #16142f: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sienna #a0522d
split-complementshippedSienna is a split-complement of #16142f: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
analogousshippedSlate Blue is #16142f's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #16142f's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #16142f — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #16142f in 18 real palettes, including Blueprint and Southwest Airlines's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #16142f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #16142f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 17.87:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.18:1 | 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 #16142f as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Slate Workspace
Open in tool →Slate on slate with a single blue — the productivity-app look where the interface disappears behind the work.
Clinic
Open in tool →Teal reads clinical without the coldness of pure blue; the coral accent adds warmth for reassurance moments.
Dusk Gradient
Open in tool →Orange and peach on indigo-black with a violet — the last five minutes of a sunset, as a dark mode.
Fonts for this mood
#16142f reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #16142f
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 #16142f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/16142f-a39cc4-dfa24e-261f2d-e9edf1?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