Exploring the Color #221039

#221039 sits at 266° on the color wheel, placing it in the violet family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 56% saturation and 14% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, deep tone — a near-black anchor suited to grounding heavier compositions. Its RGB mix of 34, 16, 57 produces a 17.48:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #221039 is a distant relative of CSS black — about 68 units away from #000000. Designers reach for violet hues at this saturation when the brief calls for a conversational, mid-energy register, and at this lightness when they want weight, depth, and grounded contrast. On screen the cool cast tends to pair best with warm neutrals in the 25°-45° range to add life.

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