Color

#172f78

#172f78
hex#172f78
rgbrgb(23, 47, 120)
hslhsl(225, 68%, 28%)
oklchoklch(0.337 0.128 265.8)
Closest name: Below the Surface (#0a2f7c)Relative luminance 0.0357

Colors that go with #172f78

Charcoal, Steel Blue 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.

Tints & shades

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

Harmonies

Complementary

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#786017

#176078 · #2f1778

#78172f · #2f7817

Split-complementary

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#782f17 · #607817

#781760 · #786017 · #17782f

Contrast

#172f78 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
12.25:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.71:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #4b6fdd as the text (4.62:1)
  • AAA: use #7692e5 as the text (7.01:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #9e9e9e (4.57:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #c4c4c4 (7.02:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #172f78 as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#172f78 reads as cool, vivid, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #172f78
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 #172f78 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/172f78-9ca1c4-df754e-221f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md