Exploring the Color #546B72

#546B72 sits at 194° on the color wheel, placing it in the cyan family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 15% saturation and 39% 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 84, 107, 114 produces a 5.64:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #546B72 is a close cousin of CSS dim gray — about 23 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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