Tide Pool
Open in tool →Sea-green and slate with a coral — a literal tide pool: two cool tones, one warm creature.
Color
#2c313f
#2c313f
hex
#2c313frgb
rgb(44, 49, 63)hsl
hsl(224, 18%, 21%)oklch
oklch(0.314 0.026 269.5)Closest name: Nightmare Fuel (#293135)Relative luminance 0.0309
Colors that go with #2c313f
Amber, 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.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #2c313f in 9 real palettes, including Beach Hut and McDonald's's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped15 real palettes, including Minecraft's brand system and Headspace's brand system put Blue beside #2c313f, as the accent.
Blush Pink #e8b4b8
shipped5 real palettes, including Rain Garden and Blush put Blush Pink beside #2c313f, as the accent.
Burlywood #deb887
shippedBurlywood is paired with #2c313f in 5 real palettes, including Polaroid and Coastal, as the accent.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #2c313f: 9 real palettes, including Clean Beauty and Coastal, as the lead colour.
Champagne #f7e7ce
shipped8 real palettes, including Darkroom and Allbirds's brand system put Champagne beside #2c313f, as the surface under it.
Chocolate #d2691e
shippedChocolate shows up next to #2c313f in 4 real palettes, including Homestead and Wellness, as the accent.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the near-white surface #2c313f was made for — maximum legibility with no colour cast to argue with.
Real palettes that use #2c313f
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2c313f as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 12.98:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.62:1 | 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 #2c313f as the background.
Brands using this color
- Bloombergsecondary · #2b333f · Δ0.678
- Dockerprimary · #2c333f · Δ0.678
- Hermèsaccent · #2b333f · Δ0.678
- PlayStation® Official Site: Consoles, Games, Accessories & MoreSony Interactive Entertainmentsecondary · #2b333f · Δ0.678
- Asanaprimary · #273240 · Δ0.796
- Volkswagensecondary · #293043 · Δ1.008
- Audiprimary · #2c343f · Δ1.018
- Mercuryprimary · #323341 · Δ1.286
- Vimeosecondary · #23313b · Δ1.637
- Amazonsecondary · #232f3e · Δ1.641
Palettes built around it
Harbour
Open in tool →Steel blue and haze with a buoy orange on a pale grey — the maritime palette every port town uses for a reason.
Dusty Blue
Open in tool →Dusty blue and mist with a nude accent — the quiet wedding palette; nothing here competes with a photograph.
Fonts for this mood
#2c313f reads as cool, muted, dark. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #2c313f
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #2c313f and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/2c313f-9ca2c4-df724e-221f2d-e9eff1?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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