Harbour
Open in tool →Steel blue and haze with a buoy orange on a pale grey — the maritime palette every port town uses for a reason.
Color
#2b3645
#2b3645
hex
#2b3645rgb
rgb(43, 54, 69)hsl
hsl(215, 23%, 22%)oklch
oklch(0.329 0.031 256.2)Closest name: Astral Nomad (#203943)Relative luminance 0.0358
Colors that go with #2b3645
Dark Olive Green, Sea Green and Sienna 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.
Dark Olive Green #556b2f
split-complementshippedDark Olive Green is a split-complement of #2b3645: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #2b3645 — 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 #2b3645 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Slate Blue #6a5acd
analogousshippedSlate Blue is #2b3645's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Teal #008080
analogousshippedTeal is #2b3645's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #2b3645 in 8 real palettes, including Beach Hut and McDonald's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped14 real palettes, including Minecraft's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system put Blue beside #2b3645, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #2b3645: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #2b3645
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2b3645 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.24:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.72:1 | 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 #2b3645 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Boeingprimary · #253746 · Δ0.856
- Audiprimary · #2c343f · Δ1.085
- Dockerprimary · #2c333f · Δ1.232
- Bloombergsecondary · #2b333f · Δ1.253
- Hermèsaccent · #2b333f · Δ1.253
- PlayStation® Official Site: Consoles, Games, Accessories & MoreSony Interactive Entertainmentsecondary · #2b333f · Δ1.253
- Mercuryprimary · #323341 · Δ1.389
- Asanaprimary · #273240 · Δ1.624
- Blizzardsecondary · #323a48 · Δ1.81
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#2b3645 reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #2b3645
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #2b3645 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/2b3645-9ca8c4-df5d4e-201f2d-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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