Color

#172f45

#172f45
hex#172f45
rgbrgb(23, 47, 69)
hslhsl(209, 50%, 18%)
oklchoklch(0.297 0.05 247.9)
Closest name: Midnight Ocean (#0f2d4d)Relative luminance 0.0264

Colors that go with #172f45

Dark Olive Green, Sienna and Slate 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.

Real palettes that use #172f45

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#452d17

#174544 · #171845

#45172f · #2f4517

Split-complementary

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#451718 · #454417

#441745 · #452d17 · #184517

Contrast

#172f45 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
13.73:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.53:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #3c7ab4 as the text (4.64:1)
  • AAA: use #669bcc as the text (7.13:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #949494 (4.53:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #bababa (7.08:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #172f45 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#172f45 reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #172f45
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 #172f45 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/172f45-9cacc4-df4e4e-1f212d-e9f1f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md