Glacier
Open in tool →Three blues from ice to deep water on a pale surface — a monochromatic winter set with real depth.
Color
#0171b2
#0171b2
hex
#0171b2rgb
rgb(1, 113, 178)hsl
hsl(202, 99%, 35%)oklch
oklch(0.53 0.132 244.7)Closest name: Brilliant Blue (#0075b3)Relative luminance 0.1503
Colors that go with #0171b2
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 for #0171b2: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #0171b2 in 7 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Wired's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped11 real palettes, including Pixar's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #0171b2, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #0171b2: 7 real palettes, including Glacier and General Mills's brand system, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #0171b2: 4 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #0171b2 in 11 real palettes, including State Farm's brand system and Amazon's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #0171b2: 5 real palettes, including Deep Water and Astro's brand system, as the lead colour.
Sienna #a0522d
complementarySienna sits directly opposite #0171b2 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Real palettes that use #0171b2
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #0171b2 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.24:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 4.01:1 | 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 #0171b2 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#0171b2 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #0171b2
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 #0171b2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/0171b2-9cb1c4-df4e5f-1f222d-e9f1f0?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