Glacier
Open in tool →Three blues from ice to deep water on a pale surface — a monochromatic winter set with real depth.
Color
#2878bd
#2878bd
hex
#2878bdrgb
rgb(40, 120, 189)hsl
hsl(208, 65%, 45%)oklch
oklch(0.559 0.131 248.8)Closest name: Haddock’s Sweater (#277aba)Relative luminance 0.1756
Colors that go with #2878bd
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 #2878bd: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #2878bd — 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 #2878bd 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 #2878bd in 10 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped13 real palettes, including Activision's brand system and Pixar's brand system put Blue beside #2878bd, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #2878bd: 11 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and Glacier, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #2878bd: 7 real palettes, including Astro's brand system and Deep Water, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #2878bd: 7 real palettes, including Venmo's brand system and Apple's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #2878bd
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2878bd as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.65:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.51:1 | 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 #2878bd as the background.
Brands using this color
- Dollar Generalaccent · #2a77bd · Δ0.285
- American Expressprimary · #2e77bc · Δ0.414
- NASCARaccent · #007ac2 · Δ1.397
- Hondaaccent · #337ab7 · Δ1.405
- Hershey'saccent · #007bbd · Δ1.411
- Astroprimary · #3178c6 · Δ1.584
- Wiredprimary · #057dbc · Δ1.716
- FedExaccent · #007ab7 · Δ1.793
- Skechersaccent · #1973c1 · Δ1.902
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#2878bd reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #2878bd
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 #2878bd and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/2878bd-9cadc4-df4e51-1f212d-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