Mid-Century
Open in tool →Tangerine, teal and mustard on cream — the 1960s lounge trio, one of the few retro palettes with real hue contrast.
Color
#077173
#077173
hex
#077173rgb
rgb(7, 113, 115)hsl
hsl(181, 89%, 24%)oklch
oklch(0.498 0.083 197)Closest name: Aqua Obscura (#05696b)Relative luminance 0.1309
Colors that go with #077173
Charcoal, Crimson and Amber 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 #077173: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
complementaryshippedCrimson sits directly opposite #077173 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 #077173 in 4 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and Rolex's brand system put Blue beside #077173, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #077173: 5 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Fintech Trust, as the lead colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #077173: 5 real palettes, including Desert Road and Riverbed, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #077173: 12 real palettes, including The New York Times's brand system and Intel's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #077173: 5 real palettes, including Fireside and Wendy's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #077173
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #077173 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.8:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 3.62:1 | 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 #077173 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#077173 reads as cool, vivid, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #077173
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 #077173 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/077173-a2babe-d45992-1f272d-e9f1ed?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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