Exploring the Color #456560

#456560 sits at 171° on the color wheel, placing it in the cyan family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 19% saturation and 33% lightness, it reads as a heavily muted, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 69, 101, 96 produces a 6.40:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #456560 is a clear variant of CSS dim gray — about 37 units away from #696969. Designers reach for cyan hues at this saturation when the brief calls for restraint and atmosphere, 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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