Exploring the Color #0BA0A8

#0BA0A8 sits at 183° on the color wheel, placing it in the cyan family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 88% saturation and 35% 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 11, 160, 168 produces a 6.61:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #0BA0A8 is a clear variant of CSS teal — about 52 units away from #008080. Designers reach for cyan 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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