Exploring the Color #155046

#155046 sits at 170° on the color wheel, placing it in the cyan family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 58% saturation and 20% 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 21, 80, 70 produces a 9.26:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #155046 is a distant relative of CSS sea green — about 66 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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