Color

#171816

#171816
hex#171816
rgbrgb(23, 24, 22)
hslhsl(90, 4%, 9%)
oklchoklch(0.207 0.004 128.7)
Closest name: King Kong (#161410)Relative luminance 0.0089

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#171618

#181816 · #161816

#161718 · #181617

Split-complementary

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#161618 · #181618

#161818 · #171618 · #181616

Contrast

#171816 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
17.82:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.18:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #73776e as the text (4.59:1)
  • AAA: use #949890 as the text (7.15:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #808080 (4.51:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #a3a3a3 (7.06:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #171816 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#171816 reads as neutral, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #171816
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #171816 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/171816-a2beb0-c859d4-1f2d2b-eaf1e9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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