Exploring the Color #074054

#074054 sits at 196° on the color wheel, placing it in the azure family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 85% saturation and 18% lightness, it reads as a fully saturated, deep tone — a weighted, dramatic presence with deep undertones. Its RGB mix of 7, 64, 84 produces a 11.23:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #074054 is a distant relative of CSS teal — about 78 units away from #008080. Designers reach for azure hues at this saturation when the brief calls for bold, immediate signal, and at this lightness when they want weight, depth, and grounded contrast. On screen the cool cast tends to pair best with warm neutrals in the 25°-45° range to add life.

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