Exploring the Color #528381

#528381 sits at 178° on the color wheel, placing it in the cyan family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 23% saturation and 42% lightness, it reads as a softly muted, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 82, 131, 129 produces a 4.92:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #528381 is a clear variant of CSS dim gray — about 42 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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