Color
#17871d
#17871drgb(23, 135, 29)hsl(123, 71%, 31%)oklch(0.544 0.17 143.3)Colors that go with #17871d
Charcoal, Crimson and Denim 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 body-text near-black for #17871d: its slight blue cast keeps type crisp beside a warm colour where pure #000 looks heavy.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #17871d — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #17871d in 4 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Royal Blue #4169e1
triadicshippedRoyal Blue completes a triad with #17871d — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #17871d in 6 real palettes, including Instacart's brand system and 7-Eleven's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Dark Orchid #9932cc
complementaryDark Orchid sits directly opposite #17871d on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Medium Violet Red #c71585
split-complementshippedMedium Violet Red is a split-complement of #17871d: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #17871d in 3 real palettes, including Instacart's brand system and Kia's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #17871d
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #17871d as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.65:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.52:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #17871d as the background.
Brands using this color
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 #17871d and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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