Exploring the Color #48634F

#48634F sits at 136° on the color wheel, placing it in the spring green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 16% saturation and 34% 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 72, 99, 79 produces a 6.62:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #48634F is a clear variant of CSS dim gray — about 42 units away from #696969. Designers reach for spring green 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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