Exploring the Color #088E64

#088E64 sits at 161° on the color wheel, placing it in the spring green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 89% saturation and 29% lightness, it reads as a fully saturated, shadowed tone — a weighted, dramatic presence with deep undertones. Its RGB mix of 8, 142, 100 produces a 5.06:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #088E64 is a clear variant of CSS teal — about 32 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 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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