Exploring the Color #6A1A9A

#6A1A9A sits at 278° on the color wheel, placing it in the violet family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 71% saturation and 35% 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 106, 26, 154 produces a 9.43:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #6A1A9A is a clear variant of CSS purple — about 43 units away from #800080. 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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