Color
#16296a
#16296argb(22, 41, 106)hsl(226, 66%, 25%)oklch(0.31 0.116 266.9)Colors that go with #16296a
Charcoal, Steel Blue and Dark Olive 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #16296a: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #16296a's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
complementaryshippedDark Olive Green sits directly opposite #16296a on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #16296a in 7 real palettes, including Alaska Airlines's brand system and Monzo's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedCadet Blue is paired with #16296a in 5 real palettes, including Open House and Coastal, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedCornflower Blue is paired with #16296a in 4 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Blizzard's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #16296a in 5 real palettes, including Nintendo's brand system and Casper Sleep's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDeep Sky Blue is paired with #16296a in 5 real palettes, including Kraken's brand system and Deep Water, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #16296a
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #16296a as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 13.47:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.56:1 | 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 #16296a as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#16296a 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 #16296a and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/16296a-9ca1c4-df774e-221f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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