Exploring the Color #4F6265

#4F6265 sits at 188° on the color wheel, placing it in the cyan family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 12% saturation and 35% lightness, it reads as a heavily muted, shadowed tone — a quiet, restrained presence that recedes rather than competes. Its RGB mix of 79, 98, 101 produces a 6.43:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #4F6265 is a clear variant of CSS dim gray — about 27 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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