Exploring the Color #2C2C5F

#2C2C5F sits at 240° on the color wheel, placing it in the blue family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 37% saturation and 27% lightness, it reads as a softly muted, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 44, 44, 95 produces a 12.86:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #2C2C5F is a distant relative of CSS indigo — about 64 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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