Exploring the Color #98C9C3

#98C9C3 sits at 173° on the color wheel, placing it in the cyan family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 31% saturation and 69% 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 152, 201, 195 produces a 11.48:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #98C9C3 is a clear variant of CSS silver — about 41 units away from #C0C0C0. 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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