Exploring the Color #233240

#233240 sits at 209° on the color wheel, placing it in the azure family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 29% saturation and 19% lightness, it reads as a softly muted, deep tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 35, 50, 64 produces a 13.11:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #233240 is a distant relative of CSS navy — about 88 units away from #000080. Designers reach for azure hues at this saturation when the brief calls for restraint and atmosphere, 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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