Exploring the Color #113513

#113513 sits at 123° on the color wheel, placing it in the green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 51% 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 17, 53, 19 produces a 13.61:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #113513 is a clear variant of CSS black — about 59 units away from #000000. Designers reach for green 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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