Color
#2d5bb9
#2d5bb9rgb(45, 91, 185)hsl(220, 61%, 45%)oklch(0.493 0.157 262.5)Colors that go with #2d5bb9
Charcoal, Sea Green 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 #2d5bb9: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Sea Green #2e8b57
triadicshippedSea Green completes a triad with #2d5bb9 — 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 #2d5bb9 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 #2d5bb9 in 7 real palettes, including Warner Bros.'s brand system and Wikipedia's brand system, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped12 real palettes, including Pixar's brand system and Activision's brand system put Blue beside #2d5bb9, as the accent.
Cornflower Blue #6495ed
shippedDesigners have shipped Cornflower Blue with #2d5bb9: 7 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Gopro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #2d5bb9 in 19 real palettes, including Netflix's brand system and Ulta Beauty's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #2d5bb9: 6 real palettes, including Venmo's brand system and Deep Water, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #2d5bb9
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2d5bb9 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 6.35:1 | pass | pass | fail |
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Aaon black | 3.31:1 | 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 #2d5bb9 as the background.
Brands using this color
- Fivetran bluesecondary · #2e54b6 · Δ1.831
- Campbell'saccent · #3860be · Δ1.963
- Coca-Colaaccent · #3860be · Δ1.963
- Guinnessaccent · #3860be · Δ1.963
- Heinzaccent · #3860be · Δ1.963
- Hingeaccent · #3860be · Δ1.963
- Jack Daniel'sprimary · #3860be · Δ1.963
- L'Oréalaccent · #3860be · Δ1.963
- Maybellineaccent · #3860be · Δ1.963
- Netflixaccent · #3860be · Δ1.963
- Nikonsecondary · #3860be · Δ1.963
- Paramount+primary · #3860be · Δ1.963
- Pixarsecondary · #3860be · Δ1.963
- Starlinksecondary · #3860be · Δ1.963
- Ulta Beautysecondary · #3860be · Δ1.963
- Victoria's Secretaccent · #3860be · Δ1.963
- Warner Bros.secondary · #3860be · Δ1.963
Fonts for this mood
#2d5bb9 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 #2d5bb9 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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