Exploring the Color #040895

#040895 sits at 238° on the color wheel, placing it in the blue family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 95% saturation and 30% lightness, it reads as a fully saturated, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 4, 8, 149 produces a 14.25:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #040895 is a close cousin of CSS navy — about 23 units away from #000080. Designers reach for blue hues at this saturation when the brief calls for bold, immediate signal, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the cool cast tends to pair best with warm neutrals in the 25°-45° range to add life.

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