#172136 as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	16.06:1	pass	pass	pass	Passes AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black	1.31:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: use #5473b6 as the text (4.5:1) AAA: use #7e96c8 as the text (7.08:1) AA: or shift the background to #8a8a8a (4.65:1) AAA: or shift the background to #adadad (7.16:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #172136 as the background.

Brands using this color

Monzoprimary · #14233c · Δ1.21

Palettes built around it

0b3d91 4b6a9b 00a878 ffffff 0b1f3a

Fintech Trust

Open in tool →

Navy signals custody and stability; the green accent is money moving the right way. No red anywhere except errors.

Cool Clean ModernFintech

2563eb 93c5fd 16a34a ffffff 14213d

Telehealth

Open in tool →

Friendly blue with a soft tint and a green all-clear — approachable care with a tech backbone.

Modern Cool FriendlyHealth

1f6f8b 7fa2b6 e76f51 f5f8fa 15222e

Alpine

Open in tool →

Glacier blue with a safety-orange accent: technical outdoor gear, not lifestyle.

Cool Clean LightOutdoors

Fonts for this mood

#172136 reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Luxury fonts →Bold fonts →Modern fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #172136

live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

try this prompt

›analyze #172136 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/172136-9ca4c4-df6b4e-211f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md