Exploring the Color #101734

#101734 sits at 228° on the color wheel, placing it in the blue family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 53% saturation and 13% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, deep tone — a near-black anchor suited to grounding heavier compositions. Its RGB mix of 16, 23, 52 produces a 17.59:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #101734 is a clear variant of CSS black — about 59 units away from #000000. 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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