Color
#2b4e73
#2b4e73rgb(43, 78, 115)hsl(211, 46%, 31%)oklch(0.415 0.074 251.2)Colors that go with #2b4e73
Teal, Cadet Blue and Crimson 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.
Teal #008080
analogousshippedTeal is #2b4e73's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #2b4e73: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #2b4e73 in 8 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Marvel's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #2b4e73: 12 real palettes, including Hinge's brand system and Jack Daniel's's brand system, as the accent.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #2b4e73 in 4 real palettes, including Sapphire & Gold and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped11 real palettes, including First Snow and Microsoft's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #2b4e73, as that palette's text colour.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #2b4e73 in 5 real palettes, including Tumblr's brand system and HubSpot's brand system, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #2b4e73: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #2b4e73
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2b4e73 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 8.61:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.44:1 | 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 #2b4e73 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
#2b4e73 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 #2b4e73 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/2b4e73-9cabc4-df534e-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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