Paper & Pine
Open in tool →Deep pine on paper-white with a marmalade accent — a quiet, sustainable-brand palette that isn't beige.
Color
#174a39
#174a39
hex
#174a39rgb
rgb(23, 74, 57)hsl
hsl(160, 53%, 19%)oklch
oklch(0.37 0.062 167.5)Closest name: Tropical Forest (#024a43)Relative luminance 0.0538
Colors that go with #174a39
Crimson, Teal 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.
Crimson #dc143c
split-complementshippedCrimson is a split-complement of #174a39: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Teal #008080
analogousshippedTeal is #174a39's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped9 real palettes, including Jeep's brand system and Instacart's brand system put Blue beside #174a39, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Garden Wedding and Nursery put Blush Pink beside #174a39, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #174a39: 4 real palettes, including Paper & Pine and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #174a39: 5 real palettes, including Notion's brand system and Clean Beauty.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #174a39: 4 real palettes, including Lamborghini's brand system and Vimeo's brand system, as the supporting colour.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #174a39: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #174a39
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #174a39 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 10.12:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.08:1 | 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 #174a39 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#174a39 reads as dark, luxury, bold. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #174a39
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #174a39 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/174a39-a2beb8-d459be-1f2c2d-e9f1eb?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md