Color

#181816

#181816
hex#181816
rgbrgb(24, 24, 22)
hslhsl(60, 4%, 9%)
oklchoklch(0.208 0.004 106.7)
Closest name: Soulless (#1b150d)Relative luminance 0.0091

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#161618

#181716 · #171816

#161818 · #181618

Split-complementary

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#161718 · #171618

#161817 · #161618 · #181617

Contrast

#181816 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
17.78:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.18:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #75756c as the text (4.52:1)
  • AAA: use #96968d as the text (7.04:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #808080 (4.5:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #a3a3a3 (7.05:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #181816 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#181816 reads as neutral, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #181816
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 #181816 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/181816-a2beb0-c859d4-1f2d2b-eaf1e9?lock=0&style=vibrant

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