Exploring the Color #6F3499

#6F3499 sits at 275° on the color wheel, placing it in the violet family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 49% saturation and 40% lightness, it reads as a moderately saturated, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 111, 52, 153 produces a 7.99:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #6F3499 is a distant relative of CSS purple — about 60 units away from #800080. 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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