Exploring the Color #1E2B8E

#1E2B8E sits at 233° on the color wheel, placing it in the blue family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 65% saturation and 34% 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 30, 43, 142 produces a 11.72:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #1E2B8E is a clear variant of CSS navy — about 54 units away from #000080. 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 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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