Color
#2a5689
#2a5689rgb(42, 86, 137)hsl(212, 53%, 35%)oklch(0.448 0.097 253.7)Colors that go with #2a5689
Sea Green, Sienna and Amber 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.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #2a5689 — 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 #2a5689 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 #2a5689 in 4 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Warner Bros.'s brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped6 real palettes, including Tesco's brand system and CVS's brand system put Blue beside #2a5689, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #2a5689 in 15 real palettes, including Walgreens's brand system and Costco's brand system, as the lead colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #2a5689: 7 real palettes, including Campbell's's brand system and AT&T's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #2a5689 in 5 real palettes, including Open House and Sapphire & Gold, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #2a5689: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #2a5689
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2a5689 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.52:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.79:1 | 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 #2a5689 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
#2a5689 reads as cool, modern. 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 #2a5689 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/2a5689-9caac4-df564e-1f202d-e9f1f1?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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