Exploring the Color #252F81

#252F81 sits at 233° on the color wheel, placing it in the blue family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 55% saturation and 33% 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 37, 47, 129 produces a 11.65:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #252F81 is a clear variant of CSS navy — about 60 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 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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