Color
#2b495e
#2b495ergb(43, 73, 94)hsl(205, 37%, 27%)oklch(0.391 0.051 240.3)Colors that go with #2b495e
Royal Blue, Blue and Blush Pink 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.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #2b495e's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #2b495e in 5 real palettes, including Alaska Airlines's brand system and Dunkin''s brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shippedBlush Pink is paired with #2b495e in 4 real palettes, including Nursery and Garden Wedding, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedCadet Blue is paired with #2b495e in 5 real palettes, including Paper & Pine and Dusk, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Copper #b87333
shippedCopper is paired with #2b495e in 4 real palettes, including Desert Road and Notion's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #2b495e in 6 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Frost & Ember, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #2b495e in 10 real palettes, including Hinge's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #2b495e: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #2b495e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2b495e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 9.47:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.22:1 | 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 #2b495e as the background.
Brands using this color
- Codecademysecondary · #2c4c5c · Δ1.149
- Auth0secondary · #27455c · Δ1.42
- Hingesecondary · #27455c · Δ1.42
- Jack Daniel'ssecondary · #27455c · Δ1.42
- Lamborghiniaccent · #27455c · Δ1.42
- Pumaaccent · #27455c · Δ1.42
- Stanleyaccent · #27455c · Δ1.42
- Starlinkprimary · #27455c · Δ1.42
- Zoomaccent · #27455c · Δ1.42
- Tumblrsecondary · #36465d · Δ1.546
Fonts for this mood
#2b495e 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 #2b495e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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