Exploring the Color #30163A

#30163A sits at 283° on the color wheel, placing it in the violet family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 45% saturation and 16% 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 48, 22, 58 produces a 16.13:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #30163A is a distant relative of CSS #000000 — about 78 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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