Exploring the Color #4A6262

#4A6262 sits at 180° on the color wheel, placing it in the cyan family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 14% saturation and 34% lightness, it reads as a heavily muted, shadowed tone — a quiet, restrained presence that recedes rather than competes. Its RGB mix of 74, 98, 98 produces a 6.53:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #4A6262 is a clear variant of CSS dim gray — about 33 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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