Color
#2e176e
#2e176ergb(46, 23, 110)hsl(256, 65%, 26%)oklch(0.301 0.139 286.8)Colors that go with #2e176e
Charcoal, Royal Blue and 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 #2e176e: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Royal Blue #4169e1
analogousshippedRoyal Blue is #2e176e's neighbour on the wheel, so the two read as one family — use it for hover states, gradients and secondary surfaces.
Blue #0000ff
shipped4 real palettes, including Sketch's brand system and Monzo's brand system put Blue beside #2e176e, as the accent.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #2e176e: 4 real palettes, including Purina Pro Plan's brand system and Blue Mono, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #2e176e 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 #2e176e: 11 real palettes, including Bank of America's brand system and Panasonic's brand system, as the accent.
Powder Blue #b0e0e6
shippedDesigners have shipped Powder Blue with #2e176e: 4 real palettes, including Frost & Ember and Glacier, as the supporting colour.
Sky Blue #87ceeb
shippedSky Blue is paired with #2e176e in 4 real palettes, including Boeing's brand system and Coastal, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #2e176e
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2e176e as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 14.35:1 | pass | pass | pass | Passes AAA — no fix needed. |
Aaon black | 1.46:1 | 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 #2e176e as the background.
Brands using this color
Fonts for this mood
#2e176e 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 #2e176e and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
/palettes/new/2e176e-ab9cc4-dfbf4e-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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