Color

#231c16

#231c16
hex#231c16
rgbrgb(35, 28, 22)
hslhsl(28, 23%, 11%)
oklchoklch(0.233 0.016 62.5)
Closest name: Dark Orchestra (#251b19)Relative luminance 0.0125

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#161c23

#231616 · #232216

#16231c · #1c1623

Split-complementary

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#162322 · #161623

#162316 · #161c23 · #221623

Contrast

#231c16 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
16.81:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.25:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #8d7158 as the text (4.64:1)
  • AAA: use #ad927b as the text (7.17:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #858585 (4.56:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #a8a8a8 (7.07:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #231c16 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#231c16 reads as warm, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #231c16
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 #231c16 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/231c16-c4b39c-62cbc9-2d2c1f-f1e9ea?lock=0&style=vibrant

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