Exploring the Color #3F8978

#3F8978 sits at 166° on the color wheel, placing it in the cyan family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 37% saturation and 39% 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 63, 137, 120 produces a 5.06:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #3F8978 is a clear variant of CSS sea green — about 37 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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