Alpine
Open in tool →Glacier blue with a safety-orange accent: technical outdoor gear, not lifestyle.
Color
#16252d
#16252d
hex
#16252drgb
rgb(22, 37, 45)hsl
hsl(201, 34%, 13%)oklch
oklch(0.255 0.025 232.4)Closest name: Sunken Ship (#10252a)Relative luminance 0.0168
Colors that go with #16252d
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 #16252d without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #16252d in 18 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and Beach Hut, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped24 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Bumble's brand system put Blue beside #16252d, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #16252d in 10 real palettes, including ClickUp's brand system and Yahoo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped6 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Rain Garden put Blush Pink beside #16252d, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #16252d, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #16252d in 6 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Coastal, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #16252d: 10 real palettes, including Alpine and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #16252d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #16252d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 15.71:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.34:1 | 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 #16252d as the background.
Brands using this color
- Subarutext · #1d252c · Δ1.045
- AT&Tprimary · #1d2329 · Δ1.24
- AT&Ttext · #1d2329 · Δ1.24
- GitHubtext · #1f2328 · Δ1.559
- NFLaccent · #172029 · Δ1.747
- 7-Elevenprimary · #212529 · Δ1.8
- 7-Eleventext · #212529 · Δ1.8
- AMDprimary · #212529 · Δ1.8
- AMDtext · #212529 · Δ1.8
- Boeingtext · #212529 · Δ1.8
- Calvin Kleinprimary · #212529 · Δ1.8
- Calvin Kleintext · #212529 · Δ1.8
- Datadogtext · #212529 · Δ1.8
- Tommy Hilfigerprimary · #212529 · Δ1.8
- Tommy Hilfigertext · #212529 · Δ1.8
- Trader Joe'sprimary · #212529 · Δ1.8
- Trader Joe'stext · #212529 · Δ1.8
- Qatar Airwaysprimary · #1f212b · Δ1.814
- Qatar Airwaystext · #1f212b · Δ1.814
- Nespressoprimary · #1f2533 · Δ1.885
Palettes built around it
Dusk
Open in tool →Slate blue with a copper accent — calm, professional, slightly editorial; suits consultancies and journals.
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
#16252d reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #16252d
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 #16252d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/16252d-9cb1c4-df4e62-1f222d-e9f1f0?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