#174b4f as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	9.74:1	pass	pass	pass	Passes AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black	2.16:1	fail	fail	fail	AA: use #278086 as the text (4.52:1) AAA: use #32a6ae as the text (7.2:1) AA: or shift the background to #b3b3b3 (4.65:1) AAA: or shift the background to #dbdbdb (7.04:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #174b4f as the background.

Brands using this color

Zendeskaccent · #17494d · Δ0.67

Palettes built around it

10b981 134e4a f59e0b ffffff 10231b

Mint Modern

Open in tool →

Emerald as a primary rather than a success color, anchored by deep teal text — fresh, friendly, and fintech-adjacent.

Modern Clean FriendlyFintech

Fonts for this mood

#174b4f reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Luxury fonts →Bold fonts →Modern fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #174b4f

live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp

try this prompt

›analyze #174b4f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/174b4f-a2b9be-df4e8a-1f262d-e9f1ee?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md