Color
#2c6281
#2c6281rgb(44, 98, 129)hsl(202, 49%, 34%)oklch(0.474 0.076 236.6)Colors that go with #2c6281
Charcoal, Royal Blue 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #2c6281: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #2c6281's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #2c6281 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #2c6281 in 4 real palettes, including Lemon Squeezy's brand system and Warner Bros.'s brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Blue #0000ff
shippedBlue is paired with #2c6281 in 4 real palettes, including CVS's brand system and Pixar's brand system, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedCobalt Blue is paired with #2c6281 in 5 real palettes, including Fintech Trust and Glacier, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Copper #b87333
shippedCopper is paired with #2c6281 in 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Desert Road, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #2c6281 in 9 real palettes, including Amazon's brand system and Gemstone, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #2c6281
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2c6281 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.62:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.17:1 | fail | pass | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #2c6281 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#2c6281 reads as cool, modern. 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 #2c6281 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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