Color
#175996
#175996rgb(23, 89, 150)hsl(209, 73%, 34%)oklch(0.457 0.118 251)Colors that go with #175996
Charcoal, Crimson and Amber 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 #175996: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #175996 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #175996 in 5 real palettes, including Warner Bros.'s brand system and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including CVS's brand system and Pixar's brand system put Blue beside #175996, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #175996: 4 real palettes, including Gopro's brand system and Coca-Cola's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #175996: 4 real palettes, including Campbell's's brand system and AT&T's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped12 real palettes, including FIFA's brand system and Open House put Midnight Blue beside #175996, as the lead colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #175996 in 5 real palettes, including PlanetScale's brand system and Strava's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #175996
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #175996 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.23:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.91:1 | 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 #175996 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#175996 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 #175996 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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