Color
#165537
#165537rgb(22, 85, 55)hsl(151, 59%, 21%)oklch(0.401 0.081 158.3)Colors that go with #165537
Crimson, Royal Blue 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.
Crimson #dc143c
split-complementshippedCrimson is a split-complement of #165537: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Royal Blue #4169e1
triadicshippedRoyal Blue completes a triad with #165537 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Teal #008080
analogousshippedTeal is #165537's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Jeep's brand system put Blue beside #165537, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #165537: 4 real palettes, including Hinge's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the accent.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #165537 in 5 real palettes, including Neon's brand system and CircleCI's brand system, as the lead colour.
Rust #b7410e
triadicshippedRust completes a triad with #165537 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #165537: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #165537
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #165537 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.79:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.39:1 | 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 #165537 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#165537 reads as dark, luxury, bold. 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 #165537 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/165537-a2beb4-d459d0-1f2d2c-e9f1ea?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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