Exploring the Color #241F49

#241F49 sits at 247° on the color wheel, placing it in the blue family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 40% saturation and 20% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, deep tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 36, 31, 73 produces a 15.36:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #241F49 is a distant relative of CSS navy — about 73 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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