Color
#2bb1a8
#2bb1a8rgb(43, 177, 168)hsl(176, 61%, 43%)oklch(0.69 0.111 188.1)Colors that go with #2bb1a8
Charcoal, Denim and Midnight 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 #2bb1a8: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #2bb1a8: 5 real palettes, including Peacock and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped7 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and Confluent's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #2bb1a8, as the lead colour.
Mustard Yellow #ffdb58
shipped4 real palettes, including Diner and Lido put Mustard Yellow beside #2bb1a8, as the accent.
Orange #ffa500
shipped4 real palettes, including Mint Modern and Graphite put Orange beside #2bb1a8, as the accent.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #2bb1a8 in 5 real palettes, including Khan Academy's brand system and Confluent's brand system, as the accent.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedDesigners have shipped Steel Blue with #2bb1a8: 4 real palettes, including Deep Water and Fintech Trust, as the supporting colour.
Tomato #ff6347
split-complementshippedTomato is a split-complement of #2bb1a8: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Real palettes that use #2bb1a8
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2bb1a8 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.64:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.96:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes 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 #2bb1a8 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #2bb1a8 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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