Color
#2861dc
#2861dcrgb(40, 97, 220)hsl(221, 72%, 51%)oklch(0.531 0.198 262.8)Colors that go with #2861dc
Charcoal, Amber and 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 #2861dc: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #2861dc in 9 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Wikipedia's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped13 real palettes, including Headspace's brand system and Pixar's brand system put Blue beside #2861dc, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #2861dc: 14 real palettes, including Nokia's brand system and Unilever's brand system, as the lead colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #2861dc: 8 real palettes, including NBA's brand system and Webflow's brand system, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #2861dc in 17 real palettes, including Foot Locker's brand system and Chase's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #2861dc: 8 real palettes, including Elastic's brand system and Calm's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #2861dc's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Real palettes that use #2861dc
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2861dc as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 5.48:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.83:1 | 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 #2861dc as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#2861dc 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 #2861dc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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