Color

#172f3f

#172f3f
hex#172f3f
rgbrgb(23, 47, 63)
hslhsl(204, 47%, 17%)
oklchoklch(0.294 0.042 239.5)
Closest name: Nordic Noir (#003344)Relative luminance 0.0257

Colors that go with #172f3f

Royal Blue, Rust and Sienna 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.

Real palettes that use #172f3f

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#402717

#17403c · #171b40

#40172f · #2f4017

Split-complementary

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#40171b · #403c17

#3c1740 · #402717 · #1b4017

Contrast

#172f3f as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
13.86:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.51:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #3b7ba5 as the text (4.56:1)
  • AAA: use #5e9cc5 as the text (7.04:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #949494 (4.57:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #bababa (7.14:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #172f3f as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#172f3f reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #172f3f
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 #172f3f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/172f3f-9cafc4-df4e5a-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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