Color
#166da7
#166da7rgb(22, 109, 167)hsl(204, 77%, 37%)oklch(0.516 0.12 244.5)Colors that go with #166da7
Charcoal, Sienna and Amber 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 text near-black for #166da7: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #166da7 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #166da7 in 8 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Activision's brand system and Pixar's brand system put Blue beside #166da7, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #166da7: 8 real palettes, including Glacier and General Mills's brand system, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #166da7 in 17 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Wendy's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #166da7: 5 real palettes, including Venmo's brand system and Deep Water, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #166da7: 5 real palettes, including Venmo's brand system and Apple's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #166da7
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #166da7 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.56:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.78:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #166da7 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#166da7 reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #166da7 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/166da7-9cafc4-df4e5a-1f222d-e9f1f0?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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