Exploring the Color #0E4B49

#0E4B49 sits at 178° on the color wheel, placing it in the cyan family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 69% saturation and 17% lightness, it reads as a richly saturated, deep tone — a weighted, dramatic presence with deep undertones. Its RGB mix of 14, 75, 73 produces a 9.90:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #0E4B49 is a distant relative of CSS sea green — about 73 units away from #2E8B57. 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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