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Color
#16a242
#16a242
hex
#16a242rgb
rgb(22, 162, 66)hsl
hsl(139, 76%, 36%)oklch
oklch(0.623 0.175 147.7)Closest name: Fennel Fiasco (#00aa44)Relative luminance 0.264
Colors that go with #16a242
Charcoal, Blue and Crimson 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 #16a242: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Spotify's brand system and Instacart's brand system put Blue beside #16a242, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #16a242 in 5 real palettes, including DuckDuckGo's brand system and Coinbase's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #16a242: 6 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
triadicshippedDodger Blue completes a triad with #16a242 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped4 real palettes, including Telehealth and Fintech Trust put Midnight Blue beside #16a242, as the text colour against it.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #16a242 in 6 real palettes, including Console Light and Telehealth, as the lead colour.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #16a242 in 9 real palettes, including Instacart's brand system and Acer's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #16a242
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #16a242 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.34:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.28:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #16a242 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #16a242
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 #16a242 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/16a242-a2beae-c059d4-1f2d2a-ebf1e9?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