Exploring the Color #71277B

#71277B sits at 293° on the color wheel, placing it in the magenta family of the neutral half of the spectrum. With 52% saturation and 32% 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 113, 39, 123 produces a 9.22:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #71277B is a clear variant of CSS purple — about 42 units away from #800080. Designers reach for magenta 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 balanced cast tends to pair best with either warm or cool accents depending on the surrounding palette.

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