Color

#173a9b

#173a9b
hex#173a9b
rgbrgb(23, 58, 155)
hslhsl(224, 74%, 35%)
oklchoklch(0.392 0.163 264.6)
Closest name: Depths of Night (#2c319b)Relative luminance 0.0557

Colors that go with #173a9b

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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#9b7817

#177c9b · #36179b

#9b173a · #3a9b17

Split-complementary

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#9b3617 · #7c9b17

#9b177c · #9b7817 · #179b36

Contrast

#173a9b as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
9.93:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.11:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #456fe3 as the text (4.64:1)
  • AAA: use #7595ea as the text (7.24:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #b0b0b0 (4.58:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #d9d9d9 (7.03:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #173a9b as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#173a9b reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #173a9b
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 #173a9b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/173a9b-9ca2c4-df724e-221f2d-e9eff1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md