Exploring the Color #90BD7B

#90BD7B sits at 101° on the color wheel, placing it in the chartreuse family of the neutral half of the spectrum. With 33% saturation and 61% 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 144, 189, 123 produces a 9.75:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #90BD7B is a distant relative of CSS gray — about 63 units away from #808080. Designers reach for chartreuse 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 balanced cast tends to pair best with either warm or cool accents depending on the surrounding palette.

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