Color

#16263b

#16263b
hex#16263b
rgbrgb(22, 38, 59)
hslhsl(214, 46%, 16%)
oklchoklch(0.266 0.045 255.6)
Closest name: Eternal Darkness (#1c2841)Relative luminance 0.0187

Colors that go with #16263b

Charcoal, Dark Olive Green and Sea Green 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#3c2b16

#16393c · #19163c

#3c1626 · #263c16

Split-complementary

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#3c1916 · #393c16

#3c1639 · #3c2b16 · #163c19

Contrast

#16263b as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
15.28:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.37:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #4578ba as the text (4.65:1)
  • AAA: use #7298cb as the text (7.07:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #8c8c8c (4.54:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #b0b0b0 (7.04:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #16263b as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#16263b reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #16263b
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #16263b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/16263b-9ca9c4-df5a4e-1f1f2d-e9f0f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md