Exploring the Color #97CB8F

#97CB8F sits at 112° on the color wheel, placing it in the green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 37% saturation and 68% lightness, it reads as a softly muted, light tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 151, 203, 143 produces a 11.25:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #97CB8F is a distant relative of CSS tan — about 63 units away from #D2B48C. Designers reach for green 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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