Color
#028af2
#028af2rgb(2, 138, 242)hsl(206, 98%, 48%)oklch(0.628 0.184 251.3)Colors that go with #028af2
Charcoal, Copper 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 #028af2: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #028af2 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #028af2 in 4 real palettes, including Heatwave and Blueprint, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #028af2 in 5 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Cargo's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDeep Sky Blue is paired with #028af2 in 6 real palettes, including Figma's brand system and Astro's brand system — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #028af2 in 4 real palettes, including Discord's brand system and Blue Mono, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #028af2 in 8 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Replit's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #028af2 in 8 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Notion's brand system, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #028af2
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #028af2 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.55:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.92:1 | 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 #028af2 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#028af2 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 #028af2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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