Exploring the Color #335640

#335640 sits at 142° on the color wheel, placing it in the spring green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 26% saturation and 27% lightness, it reads as a softly muted, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 51, 86, 64 produces a 8.25:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #335640 is a clear variant of CSS sea green — about 58 units away from #2E8B57. Designers reach for spring green hues at this saturation when the brief calls for restraint and atmosphere, 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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