Exploring the Color #384A58

#384A58 sits at 206° on the color wheel, placing it in the azure family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 22% saturation and 28% 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, 74, 88 produces a 9.18:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #384A58 is a distant relative of CSS dim gray — about 60 units away from #696969. Designers reach for azure 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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