Exploring the Color #39346E

#39346E sits at 245° on the color wheel, placing it in the blue family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 36% saturation and 32% 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 57, 52, 110 produces a 11.11:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #39346E is a clear variant of CSS indigo — about 59 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 a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the cool cast tends to pair best with warm neutrals in the 25°-45° range to add life.

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