Color
#2d557b
#2d557brgb(45, 85, 123)hsl(209, 46%, 33%)oklch(0.438 0.078 248.9)Colors that go with #2d557b
Sienna, Blue and Cadet 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.
Sienna #a0522d
complementaryshippedSienna sits directly opposite #2d557b on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped7 real palettes, including Tesco's brand system and CVS's brand system put Blue beside #2d557b, as the supporting colour.
Cadet Blue #5f9ea0
shippedDesigners have shipped Cadet Blue with #2d557b: 4 real palettes, including Dusk and Open House, as the supporting colour.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #2d557b: 4 real palettes, including Blizzard's brand system and Blue Mono, as the lead colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #2d557b in 15 real palettes, including Codecademy's brand system and Walgreens's brand system, as the accent.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #2d557b: 16 real palettes, including HP's brand system and Dutch Bros's brand system, as the accent.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #2d557b: 4 real palettes, including Fireside and Wendy's's brand system, as the lead colour.
White Smoke #f5f5f5
neutralWhite Smoke is the surface for #2d557b: a clean near-white with no warm cast, so the cool hue stays clear instead of drifting muddy.
Real palettes that use #2d557b
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2d557b as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 7.79:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 2.7:1 | fail | fail | fail |
Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #2d557b 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
#2d557b 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 #2d557b and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/2d557b-9cacc4-df4e4e-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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