Color

#2f96bc

#2f96bc
hex#2f96bc
rgbrgb(47, 150, 188)
hslhsl(196, 60%, 46%)
oklchoklch(0.632 0.107 227.3)
Closest name: Blue Ocean (#009dc4)Relative luminance 0.2605

Colors that go with #2f96bc

Charcoal, Amber 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.

Real palettes that use #2f96bc

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#bc542f

#2fbc9b · #2f50bc

#bc2f96 · #96bc2f

Split-complementary

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#bc2f50 · #bc9b2f

#9b2fbc · #bc542f · #50bc2f

Contrast

#2f96bc as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
3.38:1failpassfail
  • AA: use #287f9f as the text (4.54:1)
  • AAA: use #1e5f76 as the text (7.11:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #242424 (4.59:1)
Aaon black
6.21:1passpassfail
  • AAA: use #33a3cc as the text (7.25:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #2f96bc 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

#2f96bc reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #2f96bc
live endpoint

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.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #2f96bc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/2f96bc-9cb5c4-df4e6e-1f232d-e9f1ef?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md