Exploring the Color #241444

#241444 sits at 260° on the color wheel, placing it in the violet family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 55% saturation and 17% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, deep tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 36, 20, 68 produces a 16.69:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #241444 is a distant relative of CSS navy — about 73 units away from #000080. 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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