Playground
Open in tool →Orange, blue and green — the colors of playground equipment; loud, cheerful, obviously for kids.
Color
#2e85ff
#2e85ff
hex
#2e85ffrgb
rgb(46, 133, 255)hsl
hsl(215, 100%, 59%)oklch
oklch(0.632 0.199 258.1)Closest name: Azure (#007fff)Relative luminance 0.2458
Colors that go with #2e85ff
Charcoal, Red 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 #36454f
neutralshippedCharcoal is the text near-black for #2e85ff: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Red #ff0000
triadicshippedRed completes a triad with #2e85ff — three hues spaced evenly round the wheel, the classic way to get energy into a palette without a clash.
Amber #ffbf00
shippedAmber is paired with #2e85ff in 9 real palettes, including Google's brand system and Heatwave, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped12 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Unity's brand system put Blue beside #2e85ff, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #2e85ff: 10 real palettes, including Carrefour's brand system and Behance's brand system, as the accent.
Crimson #dc143c
shippedCrimson is paired with #2e85ff in 8 real palettes, including Behance's brand system and WWE's brand system, as the accent.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #2e85ff in 4 real palettes, including Playground and Elastic's brand system, as the lead colour.
Deep Sky Blue #00bfff
shippedDesigners have shipped Deep Sky Blue with #2e85ff: 10 real palettes, including Venmo's brand system and Patreon's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Real palettes that use #2e85ff
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2e85ff as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.55:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 5.92:1 | 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 #2e85ff as the background.
Brands using this color
- Courserasecondary · #3286ff · Δ0.379
- HashiCorpsecondary · #2b89ff · Δ0.999
- Replitaccent · #0f87ff · Δ1.134
- Bluesky Socialprimary · #1484fc · Δ1.25
- PostHogsecondary · #2f80fa · Δ1.396
- Bluesky Socialsecondary · #0085ff · Δ1.407
- Splineprimary · #4482fc · Δ1.529
- Openseaprimary · #0484fc · Δ1.538
- Venmoprimary · #008cff · Δ1.978
Palettes built around it
Fonts for this mood
#2e85ff reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:
mcpConnect your agent — build around #2e85ff
live endpointPoint 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.
endpoint
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt
›analyze #2e85ff and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
tool url
/palettes/new/2e85ff-9ca8c4-df5d4e-201f2d-e9f0f1?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