Color
#16a503
#16a503rgb(22, 165, 3)hsl(113, 96%, 33%)oklch(0.627 0.21 142)Colors that go with #16a503
Blue, Taupe and Medium 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.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Spotify's brand system and Instacart's brand system put Blue beside #16a503, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #16a503 in 6 real palettes, including Instacart's brand system and Obsidian's brand system, as the lead colour.
Medium Orchid #ba55d3
complementaryMedium Orchid sits directly opposite #16a503 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee
split-complementshippedMedium Slate Blue is a split-complement of #16a503: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the body-text near-black for #16a503: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
triadicshippedDodger Blue completes a triad with #16a503 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #16a503 in 3 real palettes, including Console Light and Telehealth, as the lead colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedDesigners have shipped Steel Blue with #16a503: 3 real palettes, including Olympics's brand system and Fintech Trust, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #16a503
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #16a503 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.27:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.42:1 | 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 #16a503 as the background.
Brands using this color
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 #16a503 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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