Exploring the Color #70B161

#70B161 sits at 109° on the color wheel, placing it in the green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 34% saturation and 54% lightness, it reads as a softly muted, balanced tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 112, 177, 97 produces a 8.15:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #70B161 is a distant relative of CSS gray — about 60 units away from #808080. 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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