Exploring the Color #8B2268

#8B2268 sits at 320° on the color wheel, placing it in the rose family of the neutral half of the spectrum. With 61% saturation and 34% 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 139, 34, 104 produces a 8.31:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AAA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #8B2268 is a clear variant of CSS purple — about 43 units away from #800080. Designers reach for rose 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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