Exploring the Color #5B8258

#5B8258 sits at 116° on the color wheel, placing it in the green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 19% saturation and 43% 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, 130, 88 produces a 4.78:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #5B8258 is a clear variant of CSS dim gray — about 33 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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