Sunset Boulevard
Open in tool →Coral, apricot and magenta on aubergine — the gradient sunset every event brand wants, decomposed into flat tokens.
Color
#170e1f
#170e1f
hex
#170e1frgb
rgb(23, 14, 31)hsl
hsl(272, 38%, 9%)oklch
oklch(0.185 0.036 307.6)Closest name: Shot in the Dark (#1d0d1d)Relative luminance 0.006
Colors that go with #170e1f
Charcoal, Dark Olive Green 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 #170e1f: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
complementaryshippedDark Olive Green sits directly opposite #170e1f on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sienna #a0522d
triadicshippedSienna completes a triad with #170e1f — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
analogousshippedSlate Blue is #170e1f's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Teal #008080
split-complementshippedTeal is a split-complement of #170e1f: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #170e1f in 18 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Southwest Airlines's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped22 real palettes, including Warp's brand system and League of Legends's brand system put Blue beside #170e1f, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #170e1f in 10 real palettes, including Gemstone and Prepare your taste buds...'s brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #170e1f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #170e1f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 18.77:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.12:1 | 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 #170e1f as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#170e1f reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #170e1f
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 #170e1f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/170e1f-b69cc4-c5cb62-2d1f2d-eae9f1?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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