Exploring the Color #2E8277

#2E8277 sits at 172° on the color wheel, placing it in the cyan family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 48% saturation and 35% 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 46, 130, 119 produces a 4.59:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #2E8277 is a clear variant of CSS sea green — about 33 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 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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