Color

#173e87

#173e87
hex#173e87
rgbrgb(23, 62, 135)
hslhsl(219, 71%, 31%)
oklchoklch(0.383 0.13 261.5)
Closest name: Deep Space Royal (#223382)Relative luminance 0.0538

Colors that go with #173e87

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

Open in tool →

#876017

#177687 · #281787

#87173e · #3e8717

Split-complementary

Open in tool →

#872817 · #768717

#871776 · #876017 · #178728

Contrast

#173e87 as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
10.12:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.08:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #3671dd as the text (4.56:1)
  • AAA: use #6b96e6 as the text (7.13:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #adadad (4.51:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #d9d9d9 (7.17:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #173e87 as the background.

Brands using this color

Palettes built around it

Fonts for this mood

#173e87 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #173e87
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 #173e87 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/173e87-9ca5c4-df664e-211f2d-e9f0f1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md