Alpine
Open in tool →Glacier blue with a safety-orange accent: technical outdoor gear, not lifestyle.
Color
#17262b
#17262b
hex
#17262brgb
rgb(23, 38, 43)hsl
hsl(195, 30%, 13%)oklch
oklch(0.257 0.022 220.8)Closest name: Sunken Ship (#10252a)Relative luminance 0.0174
Colors that go with #17262b
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 #17262b without the hard edge of pure #000.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #17262b in 18 real palettes, including Wikipedia's brand system and Beach Hut, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped24 real palettes, including Rolex's brand system and Bumble's brand system put Blue beside #17262b, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #17262b 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 Rain Garden put Blush Pink beside #17262b, as the accent.
Brown #a52a2a
shipped5 real palettes, including Typewriter and Woodsmoke put Brown beside #17262b, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #17262b in 6 real palettes, including Chalkboard and Coastal, as the lead colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #17262b: 10 real palettes, including Alpine and Dusk, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #17262b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #17262b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 15.57:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.35:1 | 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 #17262b as the background.
Brands using this color
- Subarutext · #1d252c · Δ0.992
- AT&Tprimary · #1d2329 · Δ1.261
- AT&Ttext · #1d2329 · Δ1.261
- GitHubtext · #1f2328 · Δ1.477
- 7-Elevenprimary · #212529 · Δ1.534
- 7-Eleventext · #212529 · Δ1.534
- AMDprimary · #212529 · Δ1.534
- AMDtext · #212529 · Δ1.534
- Boeingtext · #212529 · Δ1.534
- Calvin Kleinprimary · #212529 · Δ1.534
- Calvin Kleintext · #212529 · Δ1.534
- Datadogtext · #212529 · Δ1.534
- Tommy Hilfigerprimary · #212529 · Δ1.534
- Tommy Hilfigertext · #212529 · Δ1.534
- Trader Joe'sprimary · #212529 · Δ1.534
- Trader Joe'stext · #212529 · Δ1.534
Palettes built around it
Dusk
Open in tool →Slate blue with a copper accent — calm, professional, slightly editorial; suits consultancies and journals.
Paper & Pine
Open in tool →Deep pine on paper-white with a marmalade accent — a quiet, sustainable-brand palette that isn't beige.
Fonts for this mood
#17262b reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #17262b
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 #17262b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/17262b-9cb5c4-df4e70-1f242d-e9f1ef?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