Exploring the Color #3C2A56

#3C2A56 sits at 265° on the color wheel, placing it in the violet family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 34% saturation and 25% lightness, it reads as a softly muted, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 60, 42, 86 produces a 12.67:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #3C2A56 is a distant relative of CSS indigo — about 63 units away from #4B0082. 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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