Exploring the Color #646074

#646074 sits at 252° on the color wheel, placing it in the blue family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 9% saturation and 42% lightness, it reads as a heavily muted, shadowed tone — a quiet, restrained presence that recedes rather than competes. Its RGB mix of 100, 96, 116 produces a 6.06:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #646074 is a close cousin of CSS dim gray — about 15 units away from #696969. Designers reach for blue 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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