Glacier
Open in tool →Three blues from ice to deep water on a pale surface — a monochromatic winter set with real depth.
Color
#0174bc
#0174bc
hex
#0174bcrgb
rgb(1, 116, 188)hsl
hsl(203, 99%, 37%)oklch
oklch(0.543 0.141 246.6)Closest name: Brilliant Blue (#0075b3)Relative luminance 0.1613
Colors that go with #0174bc
Charcoal, Crimson and Sienna 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 #0174bc: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #0174bc — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #0174bc on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #0174bc in 9 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Wired's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped14 real palettes, including Activision's brand system and Pixar's brand system put Blue beside #0174bc, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #0174bc: 12 real palettes, including General Mills's brand system and Glacier, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #0174bc: 5 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the accent.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #0174bc: 7 real palettes, including Venmo's brand system and Deep Water, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #0174bc
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #0174bc as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.97:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 4.23:1 | 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 #0174bc as the background.
Brands using this color
- General Millsaccent · #0074c1 · Δ0.789
- Skechersaccent · #1973c1 · Δ1.102
- State Farmaccent · #0a70bc · Δ1.112
- Venmoaccent · #0070ba · Δ1.143
- KLMsecondary · #0070c2 · Δ1.59
- AT&Tsecondary · #0072b2 · Δ1.601
- Linkedinprimary · #0073b1 · Δ1.729
- Intelsecondary · #0071c5 · Δ1.764
- NASCARaccent · #007ac2 · Δ1.809
- Dollar Generalaccent · #2a77bd · Δ1.878
- Capital Oneaccent · #0276b1 · Δ1.944
- Hershey'saccent · #007bbd · Δ1.99
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#0174bc reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #0174bc
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 #0174bc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/0174bc-9cb0c4-df4e5d-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