Color
#2e8582
#2e8582rgb(46, 133, 130)hsl(178, 49%, 35%)oklch(0.565 0.081 191.8)Colors that go with #2e8582
Charcoal, Copper and Crimson 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 #2e8582: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Copper #b87333
triadicshippedCopper completes a triad with #2e8582 — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Crimson #dc143c
complementaryshippedCrimson sits directly opposite #2e8582 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 #2e8582: 5 real palettes, including Intel's brand system and Ink & Paper, as the lead colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #2e8582: 11 real palettes, including Peacock and Intel's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Firebrick #b22222
shippedDesigners have shipped Firebrick with #2e8582: 4 real palettes, including Wendy's's brand system and Newsprint, as the supporting colour.
Goldenrod #daa520
shippedGoldenrod shows up next to #2e8582 in 5 real palettes, including Mid-Century and Sapphire & Gold, as the accent.
Medium Sea Green #3cb371
shippedMedium Sea Green is paired with #2e8582 in 4 real palettes, including Indigo SaaS and Undergrowth, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #2e8582
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2e8582 as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 4.38:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 4.79:1 | 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 #2e8582 as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
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 #2e8582 and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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