Color
#165a42
#165a42rgb(22, 90, 66)hsl(159, 61%, 22%)oklch(0.419 0.078 165)Colors that go with #165a42
Blue, Crimson and Denim 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.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Warp's brand system put Blue beside #165a42, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
split-complementshippedCrimson is a split-complement of #165a42: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #165a42: 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 #165a42 in 4 real palettes, including Neon's brand system and CircleCI's brand system, as the lead colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #165a42 in 4 real palettes, including Neon's brand system and HubSpot's brand system, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #165a42 in 6 real palettes, including Disney's brand system and Console Light, as the lead colour.
Rust #b7410e
triadicshippedRust completes a triad with #165a42 — 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 #165a42: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #165a42
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #165a42 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.15:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.58:1 | 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 #165a42 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
#165a42 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 #165a42 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/165a42-a2beb8-d459c0-1f2c2d-e9f1eb?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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