Color

#2d85ae

#2d85ae
hex#2d85ae
rgbrgb(45, 133, 174)
hslhsl(199, 59%, 43%)
oklchoklch(0.583 0.103 232.9)
Closest name: steelblue (#4682b4)Relative luminance 0.2039

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

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#ae562d

#2dae97 · #2d45ae

#ae2d85 · #85ae2d

Split-complementary

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#ae2d45 · #ae972d

#972dae · #ae562d · #45ae2d

Contrast

#2d85ae as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
4.14:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #2a7ca2 as the text (4.66:1)
  • AAA: use #1f5d7a as the text (7.23:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #121212 (4.53:1)
Aaon black
5.08:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #3c9fcd as the text (7.03:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #2d85ae as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#2d85ae reads as cool, modern. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #2d85ae
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — generate_palette, check_contrast, analyze_color — read-only, no key. Every palette it proposes comes with a /palettes/new/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #2d85ae and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/2d85ae-9cb3c4-df4e66-1f232d-e9f1f0?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md