Exploring the Color #4F6E69

#4F6E69 sits at 170° on the color wheel, placing it in the cyan family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 16% saturation and 37% 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 79, 110, 105 produces a 5.58:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #4F6E69 is a clear variant of CSS dim gray — about 26 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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