Exploring the Color #1C4A16

#1C4A16 sits at 113° on the color wheel, placing it in the green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 54% saturation and 19% 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 28, 74, 22 produces a 10.29:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #1C4A16 is a distant relative of CSS green — about 65 units away from #008000. 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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