Glacier
Open in tool →Three blues from ice to deep water on a pale surface — a monochromatic winter set with real depth.
Color
#2472ae
#2472ae
hex
#2472aergb
rgb(36, 114, 174)hsl
hsl(206, 66%, 41%)oklch
oklch(0.535 0.12 246.3)Closest name: Brilliant Blue (#0075b3)Relative luminance 0.1547
Colors that go with #2472ae
Charcoal, Crimson and Rust 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 #2472ae: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #2472ae — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Rust #b7410e
split-complementshippedRust is a split-complement of #2472ae: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #2472ae 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 #2472ae in 9 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and McDonald's's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped9 real palettes, including Activision's brand system and Pixar's brand system put Blue beside #2472ae, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #2472ae: 10 real palettes, including Glacier and General Mills's brand system, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #2472ae: 4 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #2472ae
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2472ae as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.13:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 4.09:1 | 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 #2472ae as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#2472ae reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #2472ae
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 #2472ae and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/2472ae-9caec4-df4e56-1f212d-e9f1f1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md