Color
#170948
#170948rgb(23, 9, 72)hsl(253, 78%, 16%)oklch(0.216 0.107 282.9)Colors that go with #170948
Charcoal, Denim and Rust 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 #170948: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
analogousshippedDenim is #170948's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Rust #b7410e
triadicshippedRust completes a triad with #170948 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #170948 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #170948 in 12 real palettes, including Blueprint and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped15 real palettes, including Penpot's brand system and League of Legends's brand system put Blue beside #170948, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #170948 in 8 real palettes, including Gemstone and Yahoo's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped4 real palettes, including Velvet and State Farm's brand system put Brown beside #170948, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #170948
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #170948 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 17.96:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.17:1 | 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 #170948 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#170948 reads as cool, vivid, dark. 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 #170948 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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