Exploring the Color #1E3D1F

#1E3D1F sits at 122° on the color wheel, placing it in the green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 34% saturation and 18% lightness, it reads as a softly muted, deep tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 30, 61, 31 produces a 12.05:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #1E3D1F is a distant relative of CSS black — about 75 units away from #000000. 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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