Exploring the Color #177477

#177477 sits at 182° on the color wheel, placing it in the cyan family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 68% saturation and 28% lightness, it reads as a richly saturated, shadowed tone — a weighted, dramatic presence with deep undertones. Its RGB mix of 23, 116, 119 produces a 5.52:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #177477 is a clear variant of CSS teal — about 27 units away from #008080. 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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