Color
#2e8cef
#2e8cefrgb(46, 140, 239)hsl(211, 86%, 56%)oklch(0.636 0.171 253.3)Colors that go with #2e8cef
Charcoal, Crimson 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 #2e8cef: softer than #000 and cool enough to feel like part of the same palette.
Crimson #dc143c
triadicshippedCrimson completes a triad with #2e8cef — 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 #2e8cef in 12 real palettes, including Google's brand system and Heatwave, as the accent.
Blue #0000ff
shipped11 real palettes, including Readymag's brand system and Unity's brand system put Blue beside #2e8cef, as the supporting colour.
Cobalt Blue #0047ab
shippedDesigners have shipped Cobalt Blue with #2e8cef: 10 real palettes, including Carrefour's brand system and Blue Mono, as the accent.
Dark Orange #ff8c00
shippedDark Orange shows up next to #2e8cef 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 #2e8cef: 9 real palettes, including Patreon's brand system and Venmo's brand system, as the supporting colour.
Denim #1560bd
shippedDesigners have shipped Denim with #2e8cef: 19 real palettes, including Venmo's brand system and Coursera's brand system, as the accent.
Real palettes that use #2e8cef
Tints & shades
Harmonies
Contrast
| #2e8cef as text | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aaon white | 3.43:1 | fail | pass | fail | |
Aaon black | 6.11:1 | 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 #2e8cef as the background.
Brands using this color
No public brand in the corpus uses this exact color yet. Extract a brand to add one.
Fonts for this mood
#2e8cef 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 #2e8cef and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link
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