Color

#2a514c

#2a514c
hex#2a514c
rgbrgb(42, 81, 76)
hslhsl(172, 32%, 24%)
oklchoklch(0.404 0.045 185)
Closest name: darkslategray (#2f4f4f)Relative luminance 0.069

Colors that go with #2a514c

Teal, Blue and Cadet 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#512a2f

#2a5138 · #2a4251

#4c2a51 · #514c2a

Split-complementary

Open in tool →

#512a42 · #51382a

#382a51 · #512a2f · #42512a

Contrast

#2a514c as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
8.82:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.38:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #428078 as the text (4.59:1)
  • AAA: use #55a59a as the text (7.23:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #bababa (4.55:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #e6e6e6 (7.07:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #2a514c as the background.

Brands using this color

No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.

Fonts for this mood

#2a514c reads as muted, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #2a514c
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #2a514c and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/2a514c-a2bebe-d459a5-1f292d-e9f1ec?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md