Color
#2ca5ba
#2ca5bargb(44, 165, 186)hsl(189, 62%, 45%)oklch(0.667 0.106 212.2)Colors that go with #2ca5ba
Charcoal, Tomato and Denim 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 #2ca5ba: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Tomato #ff6347
complementaryshippedTomato sits directly opposite #2ca5ba on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDenim is paired with #2ca5ba in 4 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Peacock, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Midnight Blue #191970
shippedMidnight Blue is paired with #2ca5ba in 7 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and Tide Pool, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Orange Red #ff4500
shippedOrange Red is paired with #2ca5ba in 4 real palettes, including Launch Orange and Cursor's brand system, as the lead colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedPowder Blue is paired with #2ca5ba in 4 real palettes, including First Snow and Calendly's brand system, as the accent — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Sky Blue #87ceeb
shippedSky Blue is paired with #2ca5ba in 4 real palettes, including Coastal and Dusty Blue, as the supporting colour — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Taupe #483c32
shippedTaupe is paired with #2ca5ba in 10 real palettes, including Cursor's brand system and Still Water, as the text colour against it — a combination designers have actually shipped, not a computed rotation.
Real palettes that use #2ca5ba
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2ca5ba as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.92:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 7.2:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #2ca5ba as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#2ca5ba reads as cool, vivid, technical. 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 #2ca5ba and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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