Exploring the Color #131536

#131536 sits at 237° on the color wheel, placing it in the blue family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 48% saturation and 14% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, deep tone — a near-black anchor suited to grounding heavier compositions. Its RGB mix of 19, 21, 54 produces a 17.67:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #131536 is a distant relative of CSS black — about 61 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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