Clinic
Open in tool →Teal reads clinical without the coldness of pure blue; the coral accent adds warmth for reassurance moments.
Color
#16778d
#16778d
hex
#16778drgb
rgb(22, 119, 141)hsl
hsl(191, 73%, 32%)oklch
oklch(0.527 0.089 217.9)Closest name: Blue Fjord (#007290)Relative luminance 0.1529
Colors that go with #16778d
Charcoal, Crimson and Rust 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 #16778d: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
split-complementshippedCrimson is a split-complement of #16778d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Rust #b7410e
complementaryshippedRust sits directly opposite #16778d 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 #16778d in 5 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Activision's brand system and Warp's brand system put Blue beside #16778d, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #16778d: 6 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Glacier, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #16778d: 5 real palettes, including Riverbed and Dusk, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #16778d: 5 real palettes, including Deep Water and Venmo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #16778d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #16778d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.18:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 4.06:1 | 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 #16778d as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Palettes built around it
Sapphire & Gold
Open in tool →Deep sapphire and gold with a teal — old-money jewel tones on an ivory ground; heraldic without a crest.
Fonts for this mood
#16778d reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #16778d
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #16778d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/16778d-a2b6be-df4e7a-1f252d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md