Exploring the Color #76B681

#76B681 sits at 130° on the color wheel, placing it in the green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 30% saturation and 59% lightness, it reads as a softly muted, light tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 118, 182, 129 produces a 8.78:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #76B681 is a clear variant of CSS gray — about 55 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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