Color
#2e1372
#2e1372rgb(46, 19, 114)hsl(257, 71%, 26%)oklch(0.3 0.148 286.5)Colors that go with #2e1372
Charcoal, Royal Blue and Cobalt 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.
Charcoal #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #2e1372: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #2e1372's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #2e1372: 4 real palettes, including Purina Pro Plan's brand system and Blue Mono, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #2e1372 in 5 real palettes, including Casper Sleep's brand system and Nintendo's brand system, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #2e1372: 10 real palettes, including Bank of America's brand system and Panasonic's brand system, as the accent.
Steel Blue #4682b4
shippedDesigners have shipped Steel Blue with #2e1372: 7 real palettes, including FedEx's brand system and Deep Water, as the accent.
Olive Green #808000
complementaryOlive Green sits directly opposite #2e1372 on the wheel — the strongest contrast one hue can give another, so use it small: a button, a link colour, one highlight.
Blue #0000ff
shipped3 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Monzo's brand system put Blue beside #2e1372, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #2e1372
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2e1372 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.46:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.45:1 | 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 #2e1372 as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#2e1372 reads as cool, vivid, dark. 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 #2e1372 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/2e1372-ac9cc4-dfc24e-291f2d-e9ebf1?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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