Exploring the Color #097B07

#097B07 sits at 119° on the color wheel, placing it in the green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 89% saturation and 25% lightness, it reads as a fully saturated, shadowed tone — a weighted, dramatic presence with deep undertones. Its RGB mix of 9, 123, 7 produces a 5.46:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #097B07 is a close cousin of CSS green — about 12 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 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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