Exploring the Color #8AF5B9

#8AF5B9 sits at 146° on the color wheel, placing it in the spring green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 84% saturation and 75% lightness, it reads as a richly saturated, very light tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 138, 245, 185 produces a 15.84:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #8AF5B9 is a distant relative of CSS sky blue — about 63 units away from #87CEEB. Designers reach for spring green hues at this saturation when the brief calls for bold, immediate signal, and at this lightness when they want lift, air, and gentle emphasis. On screen the cool cast tends to pair best with warm neutrals in the 25°-45° range to add life.

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