Color

#2babde

#2babde
hex#2babde
rgbrgb(43, 171, 222)
hslhsl(197, 73%, 52%)
oklchoklch(0.697 0.129 230.6)
Closest name: Cousteau (#55a9d6)Relative luminance 0.3491

Colors that go with #2babde

Charcoal, Tomato and Amber 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.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#de5e2b

#2bdeb7 · #2b52de

#de2bab · #abde2b

Split-complementary

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#de2b52 · #deb72b

#b72bde · #de5e2b · #52de2b

Contrast

#2babde as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
2.63:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #197ca3 as the text (4.72:1)
  • AAA: use #135e7c as the text (7.19:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #363636 (4.59:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #141414 (7:1)
Aaon black
7.98:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #2babde as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#2babde reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #2babde
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #2babde and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/2babde-9cb4c4-df4e6b-1f232d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md