Exploring the Color #273D5C

#273D5C sits at 215° on the color wheel, placing it in the azure family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 40% saturation and 26% 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 39, 61, 92 produces a 11.00:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #273D5C is a distant relative of CSS sea green — about 78 units away from #2E8B57. 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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