#601979#601979

#601979 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.158 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601979
RGB	rgb(96, 25, 121)
HSL	hsl(284, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(284, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 79.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.45, 45.99, -39.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.45, 60.51, 319.47°)
OKLab	oklab(37.79% 0.1124 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(37.79% 0.158 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.6221, 4.5629, 18.5120)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601979 #327919

analogous

#301979 #601979 #791962

triadic

#601979 #796019 #197960

tetradic

#601979 #793019 #327919 #196279

square

#601979 #793019 #327919 #196279

split-complementary

#601979 #627919 #197930

monochromatic

#140519 #380F46 #601979 #8823AC #AC37D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#601979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#601979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601979

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601979	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#153E77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 25, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.158 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fa0',
    500: '#601979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601979;
$custom-light: #915fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.375,
    "s": 65.753,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37788,
    "c": 0.15791,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601979

secondary

#5DAE40

accent

#E93F6B

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #601979

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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