Exploring the Color #697A56

#697A56 sits at 88° on the color wheel, placing it in the chartreuse family of the neutral half of the spectrum. With 17% 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, 122, 86 produces a 4.65:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #697A56 is a clear variant of CSS dim gray — about 25 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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