Indigo SaaS
Open in tool →The dependable indigo-and-emerald B2B pairing: indigo for primary actions, emerald reserved for success states.
Color
#16b68b
#16b68b
hex
#16b68brgb
rgb(22, 182, 139)hsl
hsl(164, 78%, 40%)oklch
oklch(0.691 0.137 167.8)Closest name: Hobgoblin (#01ad8f)Relative luminance 0.3549
Colors that go with #16b68b
Charcoal, Hot Pink and Midnight Blue 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 #16b68b: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Hot Pink #ff69b4
complementaryshippedHot Pink sits directly opposite #16b68b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Telehealth put Midnight Blue beside #16b68b, as the text colour against it.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped6 real palettes, including Diner and Fresh Juice put Mustard Yellow beside #16b68b, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #16b68b in 6 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Brilliant's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #16b68b in 12 real palettes, including Chime's brand system and Undergrowth, as the lead colour.
Tomato #ff6347
split-complementshippedTomato is a split-complement of #16b68b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #16b68b: 3 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Playground, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #16b68b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #16b68b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.59:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.1:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #16b68b as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
mcpConnect your agent — build around #16b68b
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 #16b68b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/16b68b-a2beba-d459b5-1f2b2d-e9f1eb?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