Exploring the Color #2044A8

#2044A8 sits at 224° on the color wheel, placing it in the azure family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 68% saturation and 39% lightness, it reads as a richly saturated, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 32, 68, 168 produces a 8.56:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #2044A8 is a distant relative of CSS steel blue — about 74 units away from #4682B4. Designers reach for azure hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, 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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