Exploring the Color #722175

#722175 sits at 298° on the color wheel, placing it in the magenta family of the neutral half of the spectrum. With 56% saturation and 29% 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 114, 33, 117 produces a 9.59:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #722175 is a clear variant of CSS purple — about 37 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 weight, depth, and grounded contrast. On screen the balanced cast tends to pair best with either warm or cool accents depending on the surrounding palette.

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