Exploring the Color #144A27

#144A27 sits at 141° on the color wheel, placing it in the spring green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 57% saturation and 18% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, deep tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 20, 74, 39 produces a 10.30:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #144A27 is a distant relative of CSS forest green — about 67 units away from #228B22. Designers reach for spring green 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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