Exploring the Color #431023

#431023 sits at 338° on the color wheel, placing it in the rose family of the warm half of the spectrum. With 61% saturation and 16% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, deep tone — a weighted, dramatic presence with deep undertones. Its RGB mix of 67, 16, 35 produces a 15.71:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #431023 is a distant relative of CSS maroon — about 72 units away from #800000. Designers reach for rose 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 warm cast tends to pair best with cool neutrals around 210°-230° to balance temperature.

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