Exploring the Color #202263

#202263 sits at 238° on the color wheel, placing it in the blue family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 51% saturation and 26% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 32, 34, 99 produces a 14.28:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #202263 is a clear variant of CSS navy — about 55 units away from #000080. Designers reach for blue hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, 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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