Color
#162374
#162374rgb(22, 35, 116)hsl(232, 68%, 27%)oklch(0.308 0.138 269)Colors that go with #162374
Charcoal, Steel Blue 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 for #162374: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #162374's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Alaska Airlines's brand system and Monzo's brand system put Blue beside #162374, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #162374 in 6 real palettes, including Nintendo's brand system and Casper Sleep's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #162374: 4 real palettes, including Kraken's brand system and Deep Water, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #162374: 15 real palettes, including Bank of America's brand system and Panasonic's brand system, as the accent.
Light Sea Green #20b2aa
shippedLight Sea Green shows up next to #162374 in 4 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Ford's brand system, as the accent.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #162374 in 5 real palettes, including Tide's brand system and NASA's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #162374
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #162374 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 13.75:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.53:1 | 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 #162374 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#162374 reads as cool, vivid, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
Point 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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #162374 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/162374-9c9dc4-df864e-231f2d-e9eef1?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