Gallery
Open in tool →Near-monochrome with one burnt-orange highlight — an art director's default because it never competes with the work.
Color
#18161d
#18161d
hex
#18161drgb
rgb(24, 22, 29)hsl
hsl(257, 14%, 10%)oklch
oklch(0.206 0.014 298.2)Closest name: Eigengrau (#16161d)Relative luminance 0.0086
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #18161d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 17.93:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.17:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #18161d as the background.
Brands using this color
- JetBrainstext · #19191c · Δ1.233
- Warptext · #1a1522 · Δ1.254
- GitHubprimary · #181717 · Δ1.382
- Next.jstext · #171717 · Δ1.408
- Vimeotext · #141a20 · Δ1.5
- Airtabletext · #161616 · Δ1.508
- CircleCItext · #161616 · Δ1.508
- Chasetext · #101820 · Δ1.524
- Splinetext · #191a1d · Δ1.527
- Netlifytext · #181a1c · Δ1.575
- Notionprimary · #191919 · Δ1.602
- Retooltext · #151515 · Δ1.722
Palettes built around it
Console Light
Open in tool →A sober docs palette: one blue for interactive, one green for success, zinc greys for everything else.
Graphite
Open in tool →A greyscale system with a single amber — the accent does all the work, so allow one per screen.
Studio Grey
Open in tool →A pure greyscale with a single electric blue — the portfolio palette that makes work look considered.
Fonts for this mood
#18161d reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #18161d
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #18161d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/18161d-ac9cc4-dfc24e-291f2d-e9ebf1?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