Exploring the Color #0C3135

#0C3135 sits at 186° on the color wheel, placing it in the cyan family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 63% saturation and 13% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, deep tone — a weighted, dramatic presence with deep undertones. Its RGB mix of 12, 49, 53 produces a 13.94:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #0C3135 is a distant relative of CSS black — about 73 units away from #000000. Designers reach for cyan hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, 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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