Exploring the Color #8C4391

#8C4391 sits at 296° on the color wheel, placing it in the magenta family of the neutral half of the spectrum. With 37% saturation and 42% lightness, it reads as a softly muted, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 140, 67, 145 produces a 6.31:1 contrast ratio against white, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #8C4391 is a distant relative of CSS gray — about 64 units away from #808080. 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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