Exploring the Color #6C4963

#6C4963 sits at 315° on the color wheel, placing it in the rose family of the neutral half of the spectrum. With 19% saturation and 35% lightness, it reads as a heavily muted, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 108, 73, 99 produces a 7.58:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #6C4963 is a clear variant of CSS dim gray — about 33 units away from #696969. Designers reach for rose hues at this saturation when the brief calls for restraint and atmosphere, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the balanced cast tends to pair best with either warm or cool accents depending on the surrounding palette.

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