Exploring the Color #5E7C6F

#5E7C6F sits at 154° on the color wheel, placing it in the spring green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 14% saturation and 43% lightness, it reads as a heavily muted, shadowed tone — a quiet, restrained presence that recedes rather than competes. Its RGB mix of 94, 124, 111 produces a 4.59:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #5E7C6F is a close cousin of CSS dim gray — about 23 units away from #696969. Designers reach for spring 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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