Exploring the Color #236550

#236550 sits at 161° on the color wheel, placing it in the spring green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 49% saturation and 27% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 35, 101, 80 produces a 6.89:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #236550 is a clear variant of CSS sea green — about 40 units away from #2E8B57. 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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