Color
#2a486f
#2a486frgb(42, 72, 111)hsl(214, 45%, 30%)oklch(0.398 0.076 255.6)Colors that go with #2a486f
Blue, Cadet Blue and Crimson 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.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Alaska Airlines's brand system and CVS's brand system put Blue beside #2a486f, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #2a486f: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #2a486f in 7 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Marvel's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #2a486f: 10 real palettes, including Hinge's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the accent.
Light Sea Green #20b2aa
shippedLight Sea Green shows up next to #2a486f in 4 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and Lagoon, as the accent.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped12 real palettes, including Microsoft's brand system and First Snow put Midnight Blue beside #2a486f, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #2a486f: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Teal #008080
analogousshippedTeal is #2a486f'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 #2a486f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2a486f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.31:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.25:1 | 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 #2a486f as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#2a486f reads as cool, dark, luxury. 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 #2a486f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/2a486f-9ca9c4-df5a4e-1f1f2d-e9f0f1?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
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