Exploring the Color #81C576

#81C576 sits at 112° on the color wheel, placing it in the green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 41% saturation and 62% 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 129, 197, 118 produces a 10.18:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #81C576 is a distant relative of CSS gray — about 70 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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