Gallery
Open in tool →Near-monochrome with one burnt-orange highlight — an art director's default because it never competes with the work.
Named color
Back in Black
#16141c
hex
#16141crgb
rgb(22, 20, 28)hsl
hsl(255, 17%, 9%)oklch
oklch(0.197 0.016 296.4)Relative luminance 0.0075
Back In Black on this page is the real value, not a screenshot: exact hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH, ten tints and ten shades, classic harmonies, and WCAG contrast with fixes — plus the 35 public brands that use it and the palettes it appears in.
Colors that go with Back in Black
Charcoal, Amber and Blue 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 text near-black that reads cleanly against Back in Black without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with Back in Black in 18 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Ahrefs's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped23 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Monzo's brand system put Blue beside Back in Black, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with Back in Black in 10 real palettes, including Yahoo's brand system and Prepare your taste buds...'s brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Estate and Cartier's brand system put Blush Pink beside Back in Black, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Garnet put Brown beside Back in Black, as the supporting colour.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Qatar Airways's brand system and Mailchimp's brand system put Burgundy beside Back in Black, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with Back in Black in 6 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Velvet, as the accent.
Real palettes that use Back in Black
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| Back in Black as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 18.25:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.15:1 | 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 Back in Black as the background.
Brands using this color
- Xfinityprimary · #141417 · Δ1.136
- Xfinitytext · #141417 · Δ1.136
- Boseprimary · #131317 · Δ1.215
- Bosetext · #131317 · Δ1.215
- PlayStation® Official Site: Consoles, Games, Accessories & MoreSony Interactive Entertainmentprimary · #181416 · Δ1.266
- Railwaytext · #13111c · Δ1.333
- Lemon Squeezytext · #121217 · Δ1.438
- Warptext · #1a1522 · Δ1.492
- Liquid Deathprimary · #151515 · Δ1.621
- Retooltext · #151515 · Δ1.621
- Rivianprimary · #151515 · Δ1.621
- Riviantext · #151515 · Δ1.621
- Airtabletext · #161616 · Δ1.637
- Beatsprimary · #161616 · Δ1.637
- Beatstext · #161616 · Δ1.637
- CircleCItext · #161616 · Δ1.637
- IBMprimary · #161616 · Δ1.637
- IBMtext · #161616 · Δ1.637
- Characterprimary · #11181c · Δ1.68
- Charactertext · #11181c · Δ1.68
- Affirmtext · #101820 · Δ1.682
- Chasetext · #101820 · Δ1.682
- Abstractprimary · #141414 · Δ1.725
- LEGOprimary · #141414 · Δ1.725
- LEGOtext · #141414 · Δ1.725
- Runwayprimary · #141414 · Δ1.725
- T-Mobileprimary · #141414 · Δ1.725
- T-Mobiletext · #141414 · Δ1.725
- Wells Fargotext · #141414 · Δ1.725
- Guinnesstext · #171717 · Δ1.768
- Next.jstext · #171717 · Δ1.768
- Philipsprimary · #15191e · Δ1.78
- Philipstext · #15191e · Δ1.78
- GitHubprimary · #181717 · Δ1.803
- Anthropictext · #141413 · Δ1.923
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.
Atelier
Open in tool →Black on bone with a whisper of gold: the runway default that lets garments carry the color.
Estate
Open in tool →Bronze on charcoal signals premium listings; the silver accent handles secondary detail without adding color.
Bramble
Open in tool →Blackberry and bark with a wheat highlight on a plum-black surface — late-autumn, quiet, slightly gothic.
Fonts for this mood
Back in Black reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around Back in Black
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #16141c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/16141c-ab9cc4-dfbd4e-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