Exploring the Color #2B1C39

#2B1C39 sits at 271° on the color wheel, placing it in the violet family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 34% saturation and 17% lightness, it reads as a softly muted, deep tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 43, 28, 57 produces a 15.81:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #2B1C39 is a distant relative of CSS black — about 77 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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