Exploring the Color #512233

#512233 sits at 338° on the color wheel, placing it in the rose family of the warm half of the spectrum. With 41% saturation and 23% 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 81, 34, 51 produces a 12.91:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #512233 is a distant relative of CSS maroon — about 77 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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