#172536 as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	15.51:1	pass	pass	pass	Passes AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black	1.35:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: use #4b78af as the text (4.6:1) AAA: use #7498c3 as the text (7.02:1) AA: or shift the background to #8c8c8c (4.61:1) AAA: or shift the background to #b0b0b0 (7.15:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #172536 as the background.

Brands using this color

Monzoprimary · #14233c · Δ1.541

Palettes built around it

1d4ed8 64748b f59e0b ffffff 1e293b

Campus

Open in tool →

Institutional blue with a highlighter-amber accent — trustworthy for parents, lively enough for students.

Friendly Cool CleanEducation

1f6f8b 7fa2b6 e76f51 f5f8fa 15222e

Alpine

Open in tool →

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

Cool Clean LightOutdoors

4b5d8a 8b97b3 c07a4e eef0f4 1f2430

Dusk

Open in tool →

Slate blue with a copper accent — calm, professional, slightly editorial; suits consultancies and journals.

Cool Muted Elegant

Fonts for this mood

#172536 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 #172536

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 #172536 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/172536-9ca9c4-df584e-1f202d-e9f0f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md