Color
#165a11
#165a11rgb(22, 90, 17)hsl(116, 68%, 21%)oklch(0.41 0.124 142.1)Colors that go with #165a11
Charcoal, Taupe and Dark Orchid 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 body-text near-black for #165a11: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #165a11 in 8 real palettes, including Pine & Birch and Bookshop, as that palette's text colour.
Dark Orchid #9932cc
complementaryDark Orchid sits directly opposite #165a11 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Warp's brand system put Blue beside #165a11, as the accent.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #165a11 in 3 real palettes, including CircleCI's brand system and Neon's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #165a11 in 3 real palettes, including Neon's brand system and Clerk's brand system, as the accent.
Saddle Brown #8b4513
shippedDesigners have shipped Saddle Brown with #165a11: 3 real palettes, including Bookshop and Cider, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #165a11 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Real palettes that use #165a11
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #165a11 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.38:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.5:1 | 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 #165a11 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#165a11 reads as vivid, dark, luxury. 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 #165a11 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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