Learning App
Open in tool →Green, blue and orange at full saturation: the gamified-learning look, where every color is a reward.
Color
#171e26
#171e26
hex
#171e26rgb
rgb(23, 30, 38)hsl
hsl(212, 25%, 12%)oklch
oklch(0.232 0.019 252)Closest name: Night Demons (#201b20)Relative luminance 0.0125
Colors that go with #171e26
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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black that reads cleanly against #171e26 without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #171e26 in 18 real palettes, including Google's brand system and Wikipedia's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped23 real palettes, including Signal's brand system and Bumble's brand system put Blue beside #171e26, as the supporting colour.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #171e26 in 10 real palettes, including ClickUp's brand system and Yahoo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped6 real palettes, including Graphite Mono and Estate put Blush Pink beside #171e26, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Woodsmoke and State Farm's brand system put Brown beside #171e26, as the accent.
Burgundy #800020
shipped4 real palettes, including Qatar Airways's brand system and Mailchimp's brand system put Burgundy beside #171e26, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #171e26 in 6 real palettes, including Coffee Bar and Kiln, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #171e26
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #171e26 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 16.8:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.25:1 | 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 #171e26 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Audisecondary · #181d25 · Δ0.371
- Airtableaccent · #181d26 · Δ0.386
- Boxtext · #151f26 · Δ0.457
- NFLaccent · #172029 · Δ0.797
- Formula 1text · #1c1c25 · Δ1.035
- Asanasecondary · #151b26 · Δ1.199
- WhatsAppprimary · #1c1e21 · Δ1.245
- WhatsApptext · #1c1e21 · Δ1.245
- Nokiatext · #1d1e20 · Δ1.498
- Fitbitprimary · #191c1d · Δ1.68
- Fitbittext · #191c1d · Δ1.68
- Vimeotext · #141a20 · Δ1.776
- Braveprimary · #1c1c1d · Δ1.781
- Bravetext · #1c1c1d · Δ1.781
- Figmatext · #1e1e1e · Δ1.894
- Splinetext · #191a1d · Δ1.903
Palettes built around it
Alpine
Open in tool →Glacier blue with a safety-orange accent: technical outdoor gear, not lifestyle.
Playground
Open in tool →Orange, blue and green — the colors of playground equipment; loud, cheerful, obviously for kids.
Fireside
Open in tool →Cranberry, pine and brass on a charcoal night — the holiday palette without the clichés, because the surface is cold.
Fonts for this mood
#171e26 reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #171e26
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 #171e26 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/171e26-9caac4-df564e-1f202d-e9f1f1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md