Beach Hut
Open in tool →Sea blue with sun-bleached yellow and a coral — striped-canvas summer, softened so it works on a screen.
Color
#2c81af
#2c81af
hex
#2c81afrgb
rgb(44, 129, 175)hsl
hsl(201, 60%, 43%)oklch
oklch(0.574 0.106 236.9)Closest name: steelblue (#4682b4)Relative luminance 0.1933
Colors that go with #2c81af
Charcoal, Crimson and Royal 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 #2c81af: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
split-complementshippedCrimson is a split-complement of #2c81af: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #2c81af's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Copper #b87333
complementaryshippedCopper sits directly opposite #2c81af 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 #2c81af in 9 real palettes, including Beach Hut and Wired's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Blue #0000ff
shipped5 real palettes, including Activision's brand system and Readymag's brand system put Blue beside #2c81af, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #2c81af: 8 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and Glacier, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #2c81af: 5 real palettes, including Deep Water and Telegram's brand system, as the lead colour.
Real palettes that use #2c81af
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2c81af as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.32:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.87:1 | pass | 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 #2c81af as the background.
Brands using this color
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#2c81af reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #2c81af
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 #2c81af and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/2c81af-9cb1c4-df4e62-1f222d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md