Exploring the Color #23496F

#23496F sits at 210° on the color wheel, placing it in the azure family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 52% saturation and 29% 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 35, 73, 111 produces a 9.32:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #23496F is a distant relative of CSS teal — about 67 units away from #008080. 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 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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