Exploring the Color #488636

#488636 sits at 107° on the color wheel, placing it in the green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 43% saturation and 37% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 72, 134, 54 produces a 4.74:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #488636 is a clear variant of CSS olive drab — about 41 units away from #6B8E23. 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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