Color

#165155

#165155
hex#165155
rgbrgb(22, 81, 85)
hslhsl(184, 59%, 21%)
oklchoklch(0.4 0.059 201.6)
Closest name: Cape Verde (#01554f)Relative luminance 0.0671

Colors that go with #165155

Crimson, Steel Blue 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.

Real palettes that use #165155

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#551a16

#16553a · #163155

#551651 · #515516

Split-complementary

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#551631 · #553a16

#3a1655 · #551a16 · #315516

Contrast

#165155 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
8.97:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.34:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #24838a as the text (4.69:1)
  • AAA: use #2da6ae as the text (7.18:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #b8b8b8 (4.52:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #e6e6e6 (7.18:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #165155 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#165155 reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #165155
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 #165155 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/165155-a2b9be-df4e8a-1f262d-e9f1ee?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md