Color
#2c8a9b
#2c8a9brgb(44, 138, 155)hsl(189, 56%, 39%)oklch(0.587 0.089 212.2)Colors that go with #2c8a9b
Charcoal, Copper and Crimson 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 #2c8a9b: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #2c8a9b: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Crimson #dc143c
complementaryshippedCrimson sits directly opposite #2c8a9b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #2c8a9b: 6 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and Glacier, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #2c8a9b: 14 real palettes, including Peacock and Discover's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #2c8a9b in 5 real palettes, including Sapphire & Gold and Ledger Dark, as the supporting colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped9 real palettes, including Tide Pool and Discover's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #2c8a9b, as that palette's text colour.
Royal Blue #4169e1
shippedRoyal Blue is paired with #2c8a9b in 4 real palettes, including Slate Workspace and Confluent's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #2c8a9b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2c8a9b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.03:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.22:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #2c8a9b 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
#2c8a9b 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 #2c8a9b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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