Exploring the Color #1CAC86

#1CAC86 sits at 164° on the color wheel, placing it in the spring green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 72% saturation and 39% lightness, it reads as a richly saturated, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 28, 172, 134 produces a 7.29:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #1CAC86 is a clear variant of CSS teal — about 52 units away from #008080. Designers reach for spring green hues at this saturation when the brief calls for bold, immediate signal, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the cool cast tends to pair best with warm neutrals in the 25°-45° range to add life.

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