Color
#0271bb
#0271bbrgb(2, 113, 187)hsl(204, 98%, 37%)oklch(0.535 0.143 247.9)Colors that go with #0271bb
Charcoal, Crimson and Midnight 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 #0271bb: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #0271bb — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #0271bb in 5 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Open House, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #0271bb in 5 real palettes, including PlanetScale's brand system and Strava's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Slate Gray #708090
shippedSlate Gray is paired with #0271bb in 4 real palettes, including Clinic and Slate Workspace, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #0271bb in 8 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Loom's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sienna #a0522d
complementarySienna sits directly opposite #0271bb on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #0271bb in 3 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and MongoDB's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #0271bb
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #0271bb as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.14:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.08:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #0271bb as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#0271bb 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 #0271bb and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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