Color
#516a16
#516a16rgb(81, 106, 22)hsl(78, 66%, 25%)oklch(0.487 0.111 125.2)Colors that go with #516a16
Charcoal, Crimson and Blue Violet 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 body-text near-black for #516a16: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #516a16 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
complementaryshippedBlue Violet sits directly opposite #516a16 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Rolex's brand system put Blue beside #516a16, as the supporting colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped4 real palettes, including Forest Floor and BrandSweets's brand system put Champagne beside #516a16, as that palette's text colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #516a16: 4 real palettes, including Clay & Linen and Wellness, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #516a16: 5 real palettes, including Xbox's brand system and Intel's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
split-complementshippedRoyal Blue is a split-complement of #516a16: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #516a16
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #516a16 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.13:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.42:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #516a16 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#516a16 reads as vivid, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
Point 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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #516a16 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/516a16-b2bea2-4e69df-232d1f-f1f0e9?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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