Exploring the Color #1742C4

#1742C4 sits at 225° on the color wheel, placing it in the blue family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 79% saturation and 43% lightness, it reads as a richly saturated, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 23, 66, 196 produces a 8.04:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #1742C4 is a distant relative of CSS royal blue — about 64 units away from #4169E1. Designers reach for blue hues at this saturation when the brief calls for bold, immediate signal, 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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