Mint Modern
Open in tool →Emerald as a primary rather than a success color, anchored by deep teal text — fresh, friendly, and fintech-adjacent.
Color
#174e4f
#174e4f
hex
#174e4frgb
rgb(23, 78, 79)hsl
hsl(181, 55%, 20%)oklch
oklch(0.389 0.056 196.8)Closest name: darkslategray (#2f4f4f)Relative luminance 0.062
Colors that go with #174e4f
Crimson, Sea Green and Steel 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
complementaryshippedCrimson sits directly opposite #174e4f on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Sea Green #2e8b57
analogousshippedSea Green is #174e4f's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #174e4f's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Jeep's brand system and Alaska Airlines's brand system put Blue beside #174e4f, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Garden Wedding and Nursery put Blush Pink beside #174e4f, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #174e4f: 4 real palettes, including Paper & Pine and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #174e4f: 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 #174e4f: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #174e4f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #174e4f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.38:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.24:1 | 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 #174e4f as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#174e4f reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #174e4f
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 #174e4f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/174e4f-a2babe-d45992-1f272d-e9f1ed?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