Exploring the Color #776988

#776988 sits at 267° on the color wheel, placing it in the violet family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 13% saturation and 47% lightness, it reads as a heavily muted, balanced tone — a quiet, restrained presence that recedes rather than competes. Its RGB mix of 119, 105, 136 produces a 5.05:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #776988 is a clear variant of CSS gray — about 26 units away from #808080. Designers reach for violet 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 cool cast tends to pair best with warm neutrals in the 25°-45° range to add life.

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