Mint Chip
Open in tool →Mint and celadon with a peach accent — fresh without being clinical; the deep green text keeps it grounded.
Color
#173a2drgb(23, 58, 45)hsl(158, 43%, 16%)oklch(0.318 0.047 166.6)Firebrick, Sea Green 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.
Firebrick is a split-complement of #173a2d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sea Green is #173a2d's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sienna completes a triad with #173a2d — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Teal is #173a2d's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Amber is paired with #173a2d in 7 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Beach Hut, as the lead colour.
14 real palettes, including Instacart's brand system and Minecraft's brand system put Blue beside #173a2d, as the accent.
5 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Garden Wedding put Blush Pink beside #173a2d, as the accent.
White Smoke is the surface for #173a2d: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
| #173a2d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.5:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.68:1 | 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 #173a2d as the background.
#173a2d reads as dark, luxury, bold. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #173a2d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/173a2d-a2beb7-d459c2-1f2c2d-e9f1eb?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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