Gallery
Open in tool →Near-monochrome with one burnt-orange highlight — an art director's default because it never competes with the work.
Color
#16151e
#16151e
hex
#16151ergb
rgb(22, 21, 30)hsl
hsl(247, 18%, 10%)oklch
oklch(0.201 0.018 289.8)Closest name: Back in Black (#16141c)Relative luminance 0.008
Colors that go with #16151e
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 #16151e without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #16151e in 18 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Warner Bros.'s brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped23 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Monzo's brand system put Blue beside #16151e, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #16151e in 10 real palettes, including Yahoo's brand system and Prepare your taste buds...'s brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Estate and Cartier's brand system put Blush Pink beside #16151e, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Garnet put Brown beside #16151e, as the supporting colour.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Qatar Airways's brand system and Mailchimp's brand system put Burgundy beside #16151e, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #16151e in 6 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Velvet, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #16151e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #16151e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 18.1:1 | 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 #16151e as the background.
Brands using this color
- Warptext · #1a1522 · Δ1.18
- Affirmtext · #101820 · Δ1.394
- Chasetext · #101820 · Δ1.394
- Xfinityprimary · #141417 · Δ1.47
- Xfinitytext · #141417 · Δ1.47
- Philipsprimary · #15191e · Δ1.492
- Philipstext · #15191e · Δ1.492
- Characterprimary · #11181c · Δ1.549
- Charactertext · #11181c · Δ1.549
- PlayStation® Official Site: Consoles, Games, Accessories & MoreSony Interactive Entertainmentprimary · #181416 · Δ1.567
- Boseprimary · #131317 · Δ1.604
- Bosetext · #131317 · Δ1.604
- Railwaytext · #13111c · Δ1.621
- Qatar Airwayssecondary · #181825 · Δ1.631
- Vimeotext · #141a20 · Δ1.779
- Airtabletext · #161616 · Δ1.791
- Beatsprimary · #161616 · Δ1.791
- Beatstext · #161616 · Δ1.791
- CircleCItext · #161616 · Δ1.791
- IBMprimary · #161616 · Δ1.791
- IBMtext · #161616 · Δ1.791
- JetBrainstext · #19191c · Δ1.811
- Guinnesstext · #171717 · Δ1.82
- Next.jstext · #171717 · Δ1.82
- Lemon Squeezytext · #121217 · Δ1.841
- GitHubprimary · #181717 · Δ1.845
- Liquid Deathprimary · #151515 · Δ1.87
- Retooltext · #151515 · Δ1.87
- Rivianprimary · #151515 · Δ1.87
- Riviantext · #151515 · Δ1.87
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.
Indigo SaaS
Open in tool →The dependable indigo-and-emerald B2B pairing: indigo for primary actions, emerald reserved for success states.
Estate
Open in tool →Bronze on charcoal signals premium listings; the silver accent handles secondary detail without adding color.
Cobalt Pop
Open in tool →One deep cobalt and one hot pink on white — a two-accent system for launches and campaign pages that need punch.
Bramble
Open in tool →Blackberry and bark with a wheat highlight on a plum-black surface — late-autumn, quiet, slightly gothic.
Fireside
Open in tool →Cranberry, pine and brass on a charcoal night — the holiday palette without the clichés, because the surface is cold.
Sapphire & Gold
Open in tool →Deep sapphire and gold with a teal — old-money jewel tones on an ivory ground; heraldic without a crest.
Fonts for this mood
#16151e reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #16151e
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 #16151e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/16151e-a59cc4-dfaa4e-271f2d-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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