Color
#2b7bb1
#2b7bb1rgb(43, 123, 177)hsl(204, 61%, 43%)oklch(0.56 0.113 242.6)Colors that go with #2b7bb1
Charcoal, Amber and 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #2b7bb1: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #2b7bb1 in 7 real palettes, including Wired's brand system and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Pixar's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #2b7bb1, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #2b7bb1: 7 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and Glacier, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #2b7bb1: 4 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and NBA's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #2b7bb1 in 11 real palettes, including Retro Pop and State Farm's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #2b7bb1: 4 real palettes, including Deep Water and Astro's brand system, as the lead colour.
Rust #b7410e
split-complementshippedRust is a split-complement of #2b7bb1: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #2b7bb1
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2b7bb1 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 4.59:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 4.57:1 | 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 #2b7bb1 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#2b7bb1 reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #2b7bb1 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/2b7bb1-9cafc4-df4e5a-1f222d-e9f1f0?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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