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Color

#170d12

#170d12
hex#170d12
rgbrgb(23, 13, 18)
hslhsl(330, 28%, 7%)
oklchoklch(0.175 0.02 347.9)
Closest name: Noir Fiction (#150811)Relative luminance 0.0051
WarmMutedDarkEditorialElegantLuxuryBold
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Colors that go with #170d12

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.

Real palettes that use #170d12

GarnetNight MarketVelvetEmber

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →
170d120d1712

#0d1712

Analogous

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170d12170d17170d0d

#170d17 · #170d0d

Triadic

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170d1212170d0d1217

#12170d · #0d1217

Split-complementary

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170d120d170d0d1717

#0d170d · #0d1717

Tetradic

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170d1217170d0d17120d0d17

#17170d · #0d1712 · #0d0d17

Contrast

#170d12 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
19.04:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.1:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #a55f82 as the text (4.56:1)
  • AAA: use #bb86a1 as the text (7.04:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #7d7d7d (4.63:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #9e9e9e (7.11:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #170d12 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#170d12 reads as warm, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Warm fonts →Editorial fonts →Elegant fonts →Luxury fonts →Bold fonts →
mcpConnect your agent — build around #170d12
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

›analyze #170d12 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/170d12-c49cab-62cb64-2d1f20-f1e9f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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