Exploring the Color #5B7C54

#5B7C54 sits at 109° on the color wheel, placing it in the green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 19% saturation and 41% 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 91, 124, 84 produces a 4.71:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #5B7C54 is a clear variant of CSS dim gray — about 32 units away from #696969. Designers reach for green 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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