Exploring the Color #282A69

#282A69 sits at 238° on the color wheel, placing it in the blue family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 45% saturation and 28% 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 40, 42, 105 produces a 12.92:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #282A69 is a distant relative of CSS indigo — about 60 units away from #4B0082. 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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