Color
#2d97ae
#2d97aergb(45, 151, 174)hsl(191, 59%, 43%)oklch(0.628 0.098 215.7)Colors that go with #2d97ae
Charcoal, Copper and Orange Red 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.
Copper #b87333
split-complementshippedCopper is a split-complement of #2d97ae: nearly opposite, so it still pops against it, without the vibrating edge of a true complement.
Orange Red #ff4500
complementaryshippedOrange Red sits directly opposite #2d97ae 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 #2d97ae: 4 real palettes, including Hershey's's brand system and Glacier, as the supporting colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #2d97ae: 4 real palettes, including Snowflake AI Data Cloud's brand system and Astro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #2d97ae: 10 real palettes, including Peacock and Gopro's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #2d97ae in 4 real palettes, including Ledger Dark and Noir Beauty, as the lead colour.
Midnight Blue #191970
shipped8 real palettes, including Ford's brand system and Tide Pool put Midnight Blue beside #2d97ae, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #2d97ae
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2d97ae as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
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Aaon white | 3.41:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.15:1 | 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 #2d97ae 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
#2d97ae 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 #2d97ae and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/2d97ae-a2b6be-df4e7a-1f252d-e9f1ef?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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