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
#174f42
#174f42
hex
#174f42rgb
rgb(23, 79, 66)hsl
hsl(166, 55%, 20%)oklch
oklch(0.387 0.062 174.5)Closest name: Tropical Forest (#024a43)Relative luminance 0.0617
Colors that go with #174f42
Crimson, Blue and Blush Pink 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 #174f42: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shipped8 real palettes, including Jeep's brand system and Rolex's brand system put Blue beside #174f42, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped4 real palettes, including Garden Wedding and Nursery put Blush Pink beside #174f42, as the supporting colour.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #174f42: 4 real palettes, including Desert Road and Notion's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #174f42: 4 real palettes, including Lamborghini's brand system and Vimeo's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #174f42: 7 real palettes, including Hinge's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the accent.
Emerald Green #50c878
shippedEmerald Green is paired with #174f42 in 7 real palettes, including Neon's brand system and Chime's brand system, as the lead colour.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #174f42: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #174f42
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #174f42 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.4:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.23:1 | 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 #174f42 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Paper & Pine
Open in tool →Deep pine on paper-white with a marmalade accent — a quiet, sustainable-brand palette that isn't beige.
Lagoon
Open in tool →Turquoise and teal with a sand-yellow on white — shallow tropical water; the deep teal text is the reef.
Fonts for this mood
#174f42 reads as dark, luxury, bold. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #174f42
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 #174f42 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/174f42-a2bebb-d459b1-1f2a2d-e9f1ec?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