Exploring the Color #6220B5

#6220B5 sits at 267° on the color wheel, placing it in the violet family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 70% saturation and 42% lightness, it reads as a richly saturated, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 98, 32, 181 produces a 8.77:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #6220B5 is a distant relative of CSS blue-violet — about 61 units away from #8A2BE2. 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 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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