Exploring the Color #4306AC

#4306AC sits at 262° on the color wheel, placing it in the violet family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 93% saturation and 35% lightness, it reads as a fully saturated, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 67, 6, 172 produces a 11.29:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #4306AC is a clear variant of CSS indigo — about 43 units away from #4B0082. Designers reach for violet hues at this saturation when the brief calls for bold, immediate signal, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the cool cast tends to pair best with warm neutrals in the 25°-45° range to add life.

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