Gallery
Open in tool →Near-monochrome with one burnt-orange highlight — an art director's default because it never competes with the work.
Color
Eigengrau
#16161d
hex
#16161drgb
rgb(22, 22, 29)hsl
hsl(240, 14%, 10%)oklch
oklch(0.203 0.014 285.1)Relative luminance 0.0083
Colors that go with Eigengrau
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 Eigengrau without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with Eigengrau 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 CVS's brand system put Blue beside Eigengrau, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with Eigengrau 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 Eigengrau, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Woodsmoke put Brown beside Eigengrau, as the supporting colour.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Qatar Airways's brand system and Mailchimp's brand system put Burgundy beside Eigengrau, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with Eigengrau in 6 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Velvet, as the accent.
Real palettes that use Eigengrau
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Eigengrau as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 18:1 | 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 Eigengrau as the background.
Brands using this color
- Philipsprimary · #15191e · Δ1.075
- Philipstext · #15191e · Δ1.075
- Characterprimary · #11181c · Δ1.184
- Charactertext · #11181c · Δ1.184
- Affirmtext · #101820 · Δ1.215
- Chasetext · #101820 · Δ1.215
- Xfinityprimary · #141417 · Δ1.342
- Xfinitytext · #141417 · Δ1.342
- PlayStation® Official Site: Consoles, Games, Accessories & MoreSony Interactive Entertainmentprimary · #181416 · Δ1.38
- JetBrainstext · #19191c · Δ1.383
- Guinnesstext · #171717 · Δ1.391
- Next.jstext · #171717 · Δ1.391
- GitHubprimary · #181717 · Δ1.42
- Airtabletext · #161616 · Δ1.424
- Beatsprimary · #161616 · Δ1.424
- Beatstext · #161616 · Δ1.424
- CircleCItext · #161616 · Δ1.424
- IBMprimary · #161616 · Δ1.424
- IBMtext · #161616 · Δ1.424
- Vimeotext · #141a20 · Δ1.426
- Warptext · #1a1522 · Δ1.438
- Liquid Deathprimary · #151515 · Δ1.587
- Retooltext · #151515 · Δ1.587
- Rivianprimary · #151515 · Δ1.587
- Riviantext · #151515 · Δ1.587
- Boseprimary · #131317 · Δ1.599
- Bosetext · #131317 · Δ1.599
- Netlifytext · #181a1c · Δ1.662
- Splinetext · #191a1d · Δ1.664
- Qatar Airwayssecondary · #181825 · Δ1.671
- Huaweitext · #191919 · Δ1.707
- Notionprimary · #191919 · Δ1.707
- Pumaprimary · #191919 · Δ1.707
- Pumatext · #191919 · Δ1.707
- Yahooprimary · #1a1919 · Δ1.787
- Yahootext · #1a1919 · Δ1.787
- Abstractprimary · #141414 · Δ1.847
- LEGOprimary · #141414 · Δ1.847
- LEGOtext · #141414 · Δ1.847
- Runwayprimary · #141414 · Δ1.847
- T-Mobileprimary · #141414 · Δ1.847
- T-Mobiletext · #141414 · Δ1.847
- Wells Fargotext · #141414 · Δ1.847
- Tinderprimary · #1b1817 · Δ1.879
- Tindertext · #1b1817 · Δ1.879
- Lemon Squeezytext · #121217 · Δ1.928
- Railwaytext · #13111c · Δ1.985
- Hingetext · #1a1a1a · Δ1.994
- Louis Vuittonprimary · #1a1a1a · Δ1.994
- Louis Vuittontext · #1a1a1a · Δ1.994
- Spectrumprimary · #1a1a1a · Δ1.994
- Spectrumtext · #1a1a1a · Δ1.994
- Warner Bros.primary · #1a1a1a · Δ1.994
- Warner Bros.text · #1a1a1a · Δ1.994
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.
Atelier
Open in tool →Black on bone with a whisper of gold: the runway default that lets garments carry the color.
Estate
Open in tool →Bronze on charcoal signals premium listings; the silver accent handles secondary detail without adding color.
Studio Grey
Open in tool →A pure greyscale with a single electric blue — the portfolio palette that makes work look considered.
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.
Fonts for this mood
Eigengrau reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around Eigengrau
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 #16161d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/16161d-a19cc4-df994e-251f2d-e9edf1?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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