Indigo SaaS
Open in tool →The dependable indigo-and-emerald B2B pairing: indigo for primary actions, emerald reserved for success states.
Color
#16bb76
#16bb76
hex
#16bb76rgb
rgb(22, 187, 118)hsl
hsl(155, 79%, 41%)oklch
oklch(0.699 0.16 157.7)Closest name: Fennel Fiesta (#00bb77)Relative luminance 0.3702
Colors that go with #16bb76
Charcoal, Mustard Yellow and Royal 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 #16bb76: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped5 real palettes, including Meadow and Fresh Juice put Mustard Yellow beside #16bb76, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #16bb76 in 5 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Brilliant's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #16bb76 in 8 real palettes, including Obsidian's brand system and WhatsApp's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Orchid #da70d6
complementaryOrchid sits directly opposite #16bb76 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
triadicshippedCornflower Blue completes a triad with #16bb76 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #16bb76 in 3 real palettes, including Playground and Citrus Grove, as the lead colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #16bb76: 3 real palettes, including Unity's brand system and Playground, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #16bb76
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #16bb76 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.5:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.4:1 | 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 #16bb76 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
mcpConnect your agent — build around #16bb76
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 #16bb76 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/16bb76-a2beb6-d459c8-1f2d2d-e9f1ea?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