Exploring the Color #A0E9E7

#A0E9E7 sits at 178° on the color wheel, placing it in the cyan family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 62% saturation and 77% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, very light tone — a soft but unmistakably tinted presence. Its RGB mix of 160, 233, 231 produces a 15.30:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #A0E9E7 is a clear variant of CSS sky blue — about 37 units away from #87CEEB. 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 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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