Color
#2a0138
#2a0138rgb(42, 1, 56)hsl(285, 96%, 11%)oklch(0.214 0.102 315.4)Colors that go with #2a0138
Charcoal, Sea Green 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 #2a0138: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
split-complementshippedSea Green is a split-complement of #2a0138: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sienna #a0522d
triadicshippedSienna completes a triad with #2a0138 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
analogousshippedSlate Blue is #2a0138's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Teal #008080
triadicshippedTeal completes a triad with #2a0138 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Forest Green #228b22
complementaryshippedForest Green sits directly opposite #2a0138 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 #2a0138 in 16 real palettes, including Southwest Airlines's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped16 real palettes, including Penpot's brand system and Warp's brand system put Blue beside #2a0138, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #2a0138
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2a0138 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 18.11:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.16:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #2a0138 as the background.
Brands using this color
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Fonts for this mood
#2a0138 reads as cool, vivid, dark. 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 #2a0138 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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