#177f8c as text	Ratio	AA	AA large	AAA	Fix
Aaon white	4.72:1	pass	pass	fail	AAA: use #115f69 as the text (7.33:1)
Aaon black	4.45:1	fail	pass	fail	AA: use #188391 as the text (4.69:1) AAA: use #1ea6b8 as the text (7.2:1) AA: or shift the background to #fafafa (4.52:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #177f8c as the background.

Brands using this color

Perplexityprimary · #20808d · Δ0.539

Fonts for this mood

#177f8c reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

Technical fonts →Modern fonts →

mcpConnect your agent — build around #177f8c

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 #177f8c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/177f8c-a2b8be-df4e83-1f262d-e9f1ee?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md