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Color
#2c6496
#2c6496
hex
#2c6496rgb
rgb(44, 100, 150)hsl
hsl(208, 55%, 38%)oklch
oklch(0.49 0.1 248.3)Closest name: Chill of the Night (#256d8d)Relative luminance 0.1185
Colors that go with #2c6496
Charcoal, Crimson 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 #2c6496: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #2c6496 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #2c6496 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 #2c6496 in 8 real palettes, including McDonald's's brand system and Lemon Squeezy's brand system, as the lead colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Activision's brand system and Tesco's brand system put Blue beside #2c6496, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #2c6496: 4 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Gopro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #2c6496: 4 real palettes, including Venmo's brand system and Deep Water, as the supporting colour.
Dodger Blue #1e90ff
shippedDesigners have shipped Dodger Blue with #2c6496: 5 real palettes, including Venmo's brand system and Apple's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #2c6496
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2c6496 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.23:1 | pass | pass | fail |
|
Aaon black | 3.37:1 | 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 #2c6496 as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#2c6496 reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #2c6496
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 #2c6496 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/2c6496-9cadc4-df4e51-1f212d-e9f1f1?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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