Rain Garden
Open in tool →Wet-leaf teal and moss with a soft peach — an overcast spring, calmer than the bright version and better for long reading.
Color
#163231
#163231
hex
#163231rgb
rgb(22, 50, 49)hsl
hsl(178, 39%, 14%)oklch
oklch(0.295 0.034 192.4)Closest name: Elite Teal (#133337)Relative luminance 0.0267
Colors that go with #163231
Sea Green, Sienna and Teal 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
analogousshippedSea Green is #163231's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sienna #a0522d
split-complementshippedSienna is a split-complement of #163231: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
analogousshippedTeal is #163231's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Indian Red #cd5c5c
complementaryshippedIndian Red sits directly opposite #163231 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #163231 in 11 real palettes, including Beach Hut and McDonald's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped18 real palettes, including Headspace's brand system and Instacart's brand system put Blue beside #163231, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped6 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Graphite Mono put Blush Pink beside #163231, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #163231: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #163231
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #163231 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 13.68:1 | 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 #163231 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#163231 reads as dark, luxury, bold. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #163231
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 #163231 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/163231-a2bcbe-d45999-1f282d-e9f1ed?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