Blueprint
Open in tool →Cyan and indigo on navy is the developer-tool look; amber is the only warm note, so it always reads as 'attention'.
Color
#17c3fd
#17c3fd
hex
#17c3fdrgb
rgb(23, 195, 253)hsl
hsl(195, 98%, 54%)oklch
oklch(0.765 0.148 229.1)Closest name: deepskyblue (#00bfff)Relative luminance 0.463
Colors that go with #17c3fd
Charcoal, Midnight Blue and Royal 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 #17c3fd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped6 real palettes, including Kraken's brand system and Blue Mono put Midnight Blue beside #17c3fd, as the lead colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #17c3fd in 7 real palettes, including 1password's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the accent.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #17c3fd in 5 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Cursor's brand system, as the text colour against it.
Coral #ff7f50
complementaryCoral sits directly opposite #17c3fd on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Light Coral #f08080
split-complementshippedLight Coral is a split-complement of #17c3fd: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #17c3fd in 3 real palettes, including Blueprint and Salesforce's brand system, as the accent.
Blue Violet #8a2be2
shippedBlue Violet is paired with #17c3fd in 3 real palettes, including Render's brand system and Circuit, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #17c3fd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #17c3fd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.05:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 10.26:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #17c3fd as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#17c3fd reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #17c3fd
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 #17c3fd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/17c3fd-9cb5c4-df4e70-1f242d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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