Exploring the Color #1A685C

#1A685C sits at 171° on the color wheel, placing it in the cyan family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 60% saturation and 25% 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 26, 104, 92 produces a 6.61:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #1A685C is a clear variant of CSS sea green — about 41 units away from #2E8B57. 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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