Alpine
Open in tool →Glacier blue with a safety-orange accent: technical outdoor gear, not lifestyle.
Color
#162332
#162332
hex
#162332rgb
rgb(22, 35, 50)hsl
hsl(212, 39%, 14%)oklch
oklch(0.252 0.034 252.6)Closest name: Dark (#1b2431)Relative luminance 0.016
Colors that go with #162332
Charcoal, Dark Olive Green and Sienna 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 #162332: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
split-complementshippedDark Olive Green is a split-complement of #162332: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #162332 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
analogousshippedSlate Blue is #162332's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Teal #008080
analogousshippedTeal is #162332's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #162332 in 18 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Wikipedia's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped24 real palettes, including Monzo's brand system and Rolex's brand system put Blue beside #162332, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #162332 in 10 real palettes, including ClickUp's brand system and Yahoo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #162332
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #162332 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 15.9:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.32:1 | 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 #162332 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Volkswagenprimary · #1b2236 · Δ1.214
- Nespressoprimary · #1f2533 · Δ1.647
- NFLaccent · #172029 · Δ1.773
- Qatar Airwaysprimary · #1f212b · Δ1.807
- Qatar Airwaystext · #1f212b · Δ1.807
- FIFAprimary · #102139 · Δ1.85
- Subarutext · #1d252c · Δ1.858
- Monzoprimary · #14233c · Δ1.929
- AT&Tprimary · #1d2329 · Δ1.965
- AT&Ttext · #1d2329 · Δ1.965
Palettes built around it
Dusk
Open in tool →Slate blue with a copper accent — calm, professional, slightly editorial; suits consultancies and journals.
Pastel Pop
Open in tool →Pastels pushed to the saturated end — pink, sky and lemon — for brands that want soft AND loud.
Tide Pool
Open in tool →Sea-green and slate with a coral — a literal tide pool: two cool tones, one warm creature.
Fonts for this mood
#162332 reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #162332
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 #162332 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/162332-9caac4-df564e-1f202d-e9f1f1?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