Color

#173b30

#173b30
hex#173b30
rgbrgb(23, 59, 48)
hslhsl(162, 44%, 16%)
oklchoklch(0.322 0.046 170.7)
Closest name: Botanical Night (#12403c)Relative luminance 0.0352

Colors that go with #173b30

Rust, Sienna and Teal 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

Open in tool →

#3b1722

#173b1e · #17343b

#30173b · #3b3017

Split-complementary

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#3b1734 · #3b1e17

#1e173b · #3b1722 · #343b17

Contrast

#173b30 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
12.32:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
1.7:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #33846c as the text (4.66:1)
  • AAA: use #42a98a as the text (7.27:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #9e9e9e (4.6:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #c4c4c4 (7.06:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #173b30 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#173b30 reads as dark, luxury, bold. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #173b30
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 #173b30 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/173b30-a2beb9-d459b9-1f2b2d-e9f1eb?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md