Exploring the Color #86C28A

#86C28A sits at 124° on the color wheel, placing it in the green family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 33% saturation and 64% 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 134, 194, 138 produces a 10.10:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #86C28A is a distant relative of CSS gray — about 67 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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