Exploring the Color #6AC469

#6AC469 sits at 119° on the color wheel, placing it in the green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 44% saturation and 59% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, light tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 106, 196, 105 produces a 9.71:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #6AC469 is a distant relative of CSS yellow-green — about 74 units away from #9ACD32. 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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