Color

#17243b

#17243b
hex#17243b
rgbrgb(23, 36, 59)
hslhsl(218, 44%, 16%)
oklchoklch(0.261 0.047 261.2)
Closest name: Midnight Express (#21263a)Relative luminance 0.0176

Colors that go with #17243b

Charcoal, Dark Olive Green and Sea Green 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.

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#3b2e17

#17363b · #1c173b

#3b1724 · #243b17

Split-complementary

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#3b1c17 · #363b17

#3b1736 · #3b2e17 · #173b1c

Contrast

#17243b as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
15.53:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.35:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #4f76ba as the text (4.63:1)
  • AAA: use #7b98cc as the text (7.21:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #8c8c8c (4.62:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #b0b0b0 (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 #17243b as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#17243b reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #17243b
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 #17243b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/17243b-9ca6c4-df644e-201f2d-e9f0f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md