Color
#170b56
#170b56rgb(23, 11, 86)hsl(250, 77%, 19%)oklch(0.236 0.124 278.3)Colors that go with #170b56
Charcoal, Sea Green and Steel 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 #170b56: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #170b56 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #170b56's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including Penpot's brand system and Monzo's brand system put Blue beside #170b56, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #170b56: 6 real palettes, including SoFi's brand system and Arctic, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #170b56: 10 real palettes, including Glacier and MLB's brand system, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #170b56 in 9 real palettes, including Nintendo's brand system and Casper Sleep's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #170b56: 6 real palettes, including Deep Water and Kraken's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #170b56
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #170b56 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 17.23:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.22:1 | 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 #170b56 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#170b56 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 #170b56 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/170b56-a79cc4-dfb14e-281f2d-e9ecf1?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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