Deep Water
Open in tool →Cyan and mid-blue on abyss navy with a foam highlight — the ocean at depth; the darker the surface, the brighter the water.
Color
#2daed2rgb(45, 174, 210)hsl(193, 65%, 50%)oklch(0.699 0.118 221.6)Charcoal, Tomato and Amber 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 is the text near-black for #2daed2: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Tomato sits directly opposite #2daed2 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Amber is paired with #2daed2 in 6 real palettes, including Salesforce's brand system and Blueprint, as the accent.
Dark Orange shows up next to #2daed2 in 4 real palettes, including Elastic's brand system and Learning App, as the lead colour.
Designers have shipped Denim with #2daed2: 7 real palettes, including Coca-Cola's brand system and Venmo's brand system, as the accent.
Designers have shipped Dodger Blue with #2daed2: 4 real palettes, including Figma's brand system and Venmo's brand system, as the accent.
8 real palettes, including Confluent's brand system and SoFi's brand system put Midnight Blue beside #2daed2, as the lead colour.
Orange Red is paired with #2daed2 in 4 real palettes, including Cursor's brand system and Figma's brand system, as the lead colour.
| #2daed2 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 2.59:1 | fail | fail | fail | |
Aaon black | 8.1:1 | 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 #2daed2 as the background.
#2daed2 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 #2daed2 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/2daed2-a2b5be-df4e75-1f242d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrantWant the agent to remember your picks and write them into a living brand? Create a free BrandSweets workspace.
Machine-readable: color.md