Exploring the Color #6DFA9F

#6DFA9F sits at 141° on the color wheel, placing it in the spring green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 93% saturation and 70% lightness, it reads as a fully saturated, light tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 109, 250, 159 produces a 15.83:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #6DFA9F is a distant relative of CSS turquoise — about 71 units away from #40E0D0. Designers reach for spring green hues at this saturation when the brief calls for bold, immediate signal, 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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