Exploring the Color #5FAE50

#5FAE50 sits at 110° on the color wheel, placing it in the green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 37% saturation and 50% lightness, it reads as a softly muted, balanced tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 95, 174, 80 produces a 7.66:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #5FAE50 is a clear variant of CSS olive drab — about 57 units away from #6B8E23. Designers reach for green hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, 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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