Exploring the Color #697676

#697676 sits at 180° on the color wheel, placing it in the cyan family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 6% saturation and 44% lightness, it reads as a heavily muted, shadowed tone — a quiet, restrained presence that recedes rather than competes. Its RGB mix of 105, 118, 118 produces a 4.72:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #697676 is a close cousin of CSS dim gray — about 18 units away from #696969. Designers reach for cyan 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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