Exploring the Color #083638

#083638 sits at 183° on the color wheel, placing it in the cyan family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 75% saturation and 13% lightness, it reads as a richly saturated, deep tone — a weighted, dramatic presence with deep undertones. Its RGB mix of 8, 54, 56 produces a 13.17:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #083638 is a distant relative of CSS black — about 78 units away from #000000. Designers reach for cyan hues at this saturation when the brief calls for bold, immediate signal, 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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