Color
#2a986e
#2a986ergb(42, 152, 110)hsl(157, 57%, 38%)oklch(0.608 0.117 163)Colors that go with #2a986e
Charcoal, Crimson and Medium Violet Red 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 #2a986e: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
split-complementshippedCrimson is a split-complement of #2a986e: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Medium Violet Red #c71585
complementaryshippedMedium Violet Red sits directly opposite #2a986e on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Kia's brand system and Instacart's brand system put Blue beside #2a986e, as the accent.
Copper #b87333
shippedDesigners have shipped Copper with #2a986e: 5 real palettes, including Wellness and Clean Beauty, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #2a986e: 6 real palettes, including Peacock and Intel's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped5 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Fintech Trust put Midnight Blue beside #2a986e, as that palette's text colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #2a986e in 6 real palettes, including Console Light and Telehealth, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #2a986e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2a986e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.61:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.81:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #2a986e as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #2a986e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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