Exploring the Color #82318B

#82318B sits at 294° on the color wheel, placing it in the magenta family of the neutral half of the spectrum. With 48% saturation and 37% 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 130, 49, 139 produces a 7.61:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #82318B is a clear variant of CSS purple — about 50 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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