Color

#2c535e

#2c535e
hex#2c535e
rgbrgb(44, 83, 94)
hslhsl(193, 36%, 27%)
oklchoklch(0.418 0.048 218.1)
Closest name: darkslategray (#2f4f4f)Relative luminance 0.0753

Colors that go with #2c535e

Steel Blue, Teal and Sienna 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

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#5e372c

#2c5e50 · #2c3a5e

#5e2c53 · #535e2c

Split-complementary

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#5e2c3a · #5e502c

#502c5e · #5e372c · #3a5e2c

Contrast

#2c535e as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
8.38:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.51:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #437e8e as the text (4.61:1)
  • AAA: use #5ca0b2 as the text (7.13:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #bfbfbf (4.56:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #ebebeb (7.03:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #2c535e 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

#2c535e reads as cool, dark, luxury. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #2c535e
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 #2c535e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/2c535e-a2b5be-df4e75-1f242d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md