Color
#2161ba
#2161bargb(33, 97, 186)hsl(215, 70%, 43%)oklch(0.503 0.155 257.8)Colors that go with #2161ba
Charcoal, Crimson and Sienna 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 #2161ba: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #2161ba — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #2161ba 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 #2161ba in 8 real palettes, including Warner Bros.'s brand system and Wikipedia's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped16 real palettes, including Pixar's brand system and Activision's brand system put Blue beside #2161ba, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #2161ba: 6 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Gopro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #2161ba: 7 real palettes, including Venmo's brand system and Deep Water, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #2161ba: 7 real palettes, including Apple's brand system and Venmo's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #2161ba
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2161ba as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.03:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.48:1 | 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 #2161ba as the background.
Brands using this color
- Skecherssecondary · #0063ba · Δ1.207
- Dellsecondary · #0063b8 · Δ1.297
- Target : Expect More. Pay Less.accent · #005fb8 · Δ1.528
- Hasbrosecondary · #005eb8 · Δ1.695
- Linkedinsecondary · #0a66c2 · Δ1.764
- Xboxsecondary · #0067b8 · Δ1.877
- Campbell'saccent · #3860be · Δ1.96
- Coca-Colaaccent · #3860be · Δ1.96
- Guinnessaccent · #3860be · Δ1.96
- Heinzaccent · #3860be · Δ1.96
- Hingeaccent · #3860be · Δ1.96
- Jack Daniel'sprimary · #3860be · Δ1.96
- L'Oréalaccent · #3860be · Δ1.96
- Maybellineaccent · #3860be · Δ1.96
- Netflixaccent · #3860be · Δ1.96
- Nikonsecondary · #3860be · Δ1.96
- Paramount+primary · #3860be · Δ1.96
- Pixarsecondary · #3860be · Δ1.96
- Starlinksecondary · #3860be · Δ1.96
- Ulta Beautysecondary · #3860be · Δ1.96
- Victoria's Secretaccent · #3860be · Δ1.96
- Warner Bros.secondary · #3860be · Δ1.96
- Chaseprimary · #045cbb · Δ1.993
Fonts for this mood
#2161ba 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 #2161ba and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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