Exploring the Color #697857

#697857 sits at 87° on the color wheel, placing it in the chartreuse family of the neutral half of the spectrum. With 16% saturation and 41% 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 105, 120, 87 produces a 4.75:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #697857 is a close cousin of CSS dim gray — about 23 units away from #696969. Designers reach for chartreuse 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 balanced cast tends to pair best with either warm or cool accents depending on the surrounding palette.

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