Indigo SaaS
Open in tool →The dependable indigo-and-emerald B2B pairing: indigo for primary actions, emerald reserved for success states.
Color
#161b27
#161b27
hex
#161b27rgb
rgb(22, 27, 39)hsl
hsl(222, 28%, 12%)oklch
oklch(0.223 0.025 266.9)Closest name: Night Demons (#201b20)Relative luminance 0.011
Colors that go with #161b27
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 #161b27 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #161b27 in 18 real palettes, including Blueprint and Warner Bros.'s brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped25 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Signal's brand system put Blue beside #161b27, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #161b27 in 10 real palettes, including Yahoo's brand system and ClickUp's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Estate and Graphite Mono put Blush Pink beside #161b27, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and State Farm's brand system put Brown beside #161b27, as the accent.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Qatar Airways's brand system and Mailchimp's brand system put Burgundy beside #161b27, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #161b27 in 6 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Kiln, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #161b27
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #161b27 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 17.21:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.22:1 | 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 #161b27 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Asanasecondary · #151b26 · Δ0.274
- Airtableaccent · #181d26 · Δ0.913
- Audisecondary · #181d25 · Δ1.016
- Qatar Airwayssecondary · #181825 · Δ1.057
- Formula 1text · #1c1c25 · Δ1.249
- Vimeotext · #141a20 · Δ1.437
- Boxtext · #151f26 · Δ1.541
- Philipsprimary · #15191e · Δ1.781
- Philipstext · #15191e · Δ1.781
- NFLaccent · #172029 · Δ1.796
- Splinetext · #191a1d · Δ1.937
- Affirmtext · #101820 · Δ1.981
- Chasetext · #101820 · Δ1.981
Palettes built around it
Arctic
Open in tool →Navy type on white with an ice-blue accent: crisp and corporate without going grey.
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.
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.
Peacock
Open in tool →Teal, cobalt and magenta at full chroma on white — jewel tones in daylight; the trick is a near-black text with a blue cast.
Fonts for this mood
#161b27 reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #161b27
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 #161b27 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/161b27-9ca3c4-df6e4e-211f2d-e9eff1?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