Color
#2a656f
#2a656frgb(42, 101, 111)hsl(189, 45%, 30%)oklch(0.472 0.063 210.3)Colors that go with #2a656f
Steel Blue, Rust 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.
Steel Blue #4682b4
analogousshippedSteel Blue is #2a656f's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Rust #b7410e
complementaryshippedRust sits directly opposite #2a656f on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedCadet Blue is paired with #2a656f in 4 real palettes, including Alpine and Open House, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedCobalt Blue is paired with #2a656f in 4 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Ink & Paper, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Copper #b87333
shippedCopper is paired with #2a656f in 4 real palettes, including Desert Road and Dusk, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #2a656f in 7 real palettes, including Gemstone and Codecademy's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #2a656f in 12 real palettes, including The New York Times's brand system and HP's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #2a656f: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #2a656f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2a656f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.58:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.19:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #2a656f 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
#2a656f 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 #2a656f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/2a656f-a2b7be-df4e7e-1f252d-e9f1ee?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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