Color
#174ea6
#174ea6rgb(23, 78, 166)hsl(217, 76%, 37%)oklch(0.443 0.153 259.9)Colors that go with #174ea6
Charcoal, Crimson 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #174ea6: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #174ea6 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #174ea6's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #174ea6 in 5 real palettes, including Warner Bros.'s brand system and Wikipedia's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including CVS's brand system and Procter & Gamble's brand system put Blue beside #174ea6, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #174ea6: 4 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Gopro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #174ea6: 5 real palettes, including Campbell's's brand system and Nissan's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped12 real palettes, including Blue Mono and Bank of America's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #174ea6, as that palette's text colour.
Real palettes that use #174ea6
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #174ea6 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.85:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.68:1 | 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 #174ea6 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#174ea6 reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
›analyze #174ea6 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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