Exploring the Color #173C3A

#173C3A sits at 177° on the color wheel, placing it in the cyan family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 45% saturation and 16% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, deep tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 23, 60, 58 produces a 12.04:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #173C3A is a distant relative of CSS forest green — about 83 units away from #228B22. Designers reach for cyan 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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