Alpine
Open in tool →Glacier blue with a safety-orange accent: technical outdoor gear, not lifestyle.
Color
#16262d
#16262d
hex
#16262drgb
rgb(22, 38, 45)hsl
hsl(198, 34%, 13%)oklch
oklch(0.258 0.025 227.3)Closest name: Black Box (#0f282f)Relative luminance 0.0175
Colors that go with #16262d
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 #16262d without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #16262d in 18 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Wikipedia's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped24 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Bumble's brand system put Blue beside #16262d, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #16262d 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 #16262d, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #16262d, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #16262d in 6 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Coastal, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #16262d: 10 real palettes, including Alpine and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #16262d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #16262d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 15.56:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.35:1 | 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 #16262d as the background.
Brands using this color
- Subarutext · #1d252c · Δ1.029
- AT&Tprimary · #1d2329 · Δ1.38
- AT&Ttext · #1d2329 · Δ1.38
- GitHubtext · #1f2328 · Δ1.644
- 7-Elevenprimary · #212529 · Δ1.726
- 7-Eleventext · #212529 · Δ1.726
- AMDprimary · #212529 · Δ1.726
- AMDtext · #212529 · Δ1.726
- Boeingtext · #212529 · Δ1.726
- Calvin Kleinprimary · #212529 · Δ1.726
- Calvin Kleintext · #212529 · Δ1.726
- Datadogtext · #212529 · Δ1.726
- Tommy Hilfigerprimary · #212529 · Δ1.726
- Tommy Hilfigertext · #212529 · Δ1.726
- Trader Joe'sprimary · #212529 · Δ1.726
- Trader Joe'stext · #212529 · Δ1.726
- Nespressoprimary · #1f2533 · Δ1.94
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#16262d reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #16262d
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 #16262d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/16262d-9cb3c4-df4e69-1f232d-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