Exploring the Color #232374

#232374 sits at 240° on the color wheel, placing it in the blue family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 54% saturation and 30% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 35, 35, 116 produces a 13.43:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #232374 is a clear variant of CSS navy — about 51 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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