Exploring the Color #08497B

#08497B sits at 206° on the color wheel, placing it in the azure family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 88% saturation and 26% lightness, it reads as a fully saturated, shadowed tone — a weighted, dramatic presence with deep undertones. Its RGB mix of 8, 73, 123 produces a 9.34:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #08497B is a clear variant of CSS teal — about 56 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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