Exploring the Color #82849F

#82849F sits at 236° on the color wheel, placing it in the blue family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 13% saturation and 57% lightness, it reads as a heavily muted, light tone — a quiet, restrained presence that recedes rather than competes. Its RGB mix of 130, 132, 159 produces a 5.75:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #82849F is a clear variant of CSS gray — about 31 units away from #808080. Designers reach for blue hues at this saturation when the brief calls for restraint and atmosphere, 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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