Exploring the Color #0C9080

#0C9080 sits at 173° on the color wheel, placing it in the cyan family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 85% saturation and 31% 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 12, 144, 128 produces a 5.32:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #0C9080 is a close cousin of CSS teal — about 20 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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