Exploring the Color #19A4A4

#19A4A4 sits at 180° on the color wheel, placing it in the cyan family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 74% saturation and 37% lightness, it reads as a richly saturated, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 25, 164, 164 produces a 6.89:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #19A4A4 is a clear variant of CSS teal — about 57 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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