Color

#16408d

#16408d
hex#16408d
rgbrgb(22, 64, 141)
hslhsl(219, 73%, 32%)
oklchoklch(0.392 0.136 261.3)
Closest name: Cascade Twilight (#234893)Relative luminance 0.0576

Colors that go with #16408d

Charcoal, Crimson and Steel 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.

Real palettes that use #16408d

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#8d6316

#167b8d · #28168d

#8d1640 · #408d16

Split-complementary

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#8d2816 · #7b8d16

#8d167b · #8d6316 · #168d28

Contrast

#16408d as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
9.76:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.15:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #3470df as the text (4.53:1)
  • AAA: use #6995e8 as the text (7.06:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #b3b3b3 (4.65:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #dbdbdb (7.05:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #16408d as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#16408d reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #16408d
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 #16408d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/16408d-9ca5c4-df664e-211f2d-e9f0f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md