Exploring the Color #383457

#383457 sits at 247° on the color wheel, placing it in the blue family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 25% 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 56, 52, 87 produces a 11.69:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #383457 is a distant relative of CSS indigo — about 70 units away from #4B0082. Designers reach for blue hues at this saturation when the brief calls for restraint and atmosphere, 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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