Exploring the Color #174870

#174870 sits at 207° on the color wheel, placing it in the azure family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 66% saturation and 26% lightness, it reads as a richly saturated, shadowed tone — a weighted, dramatic presence with deep undertones. Its RGB mix of 23, 72, 112 produces a 9.56:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #174870 is a distant relative of CSS teal — about 63 units away from #008080. Designers reach for azure 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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