Exploring the Color #1C34B0

#1C34B0 sits at 230° on the color wheel, placing it in the blue family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 73% saturation and 40% 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 28, 52, 176 produces a 9.69:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #1C34B0 is a distant relative of CSS navy — about 76 units away from #000080. 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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