Exploring the Color #6E9071

#6E9071 sits at 125° on the color wheel, placing it in the green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 13% saturation and 50% lightness, it reads as a heavily muted, balanced tone — a quiet, restrained presence that recedes rather than competes. Its RGB mix of 110, 144, 113 produces a 5.89:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #6E9071 is a clear variant of CSS gray — about 28 units away from #808080. Designers reach for green 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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