Exploring the Color #059914

#059914 sits at 126° on the color wheel, placing it in the green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 94% saturation and 31% lightness, it reads as a fully saturated, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 5, 153, 20 produces a 5.57:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #059914 is a clear variant of CSS green — about 32 units away from #008000. Designers reach for 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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