#601996#601996

#601996 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.186 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601996
RGB	rgb(96, 25, 150)
HSL	hsl(274, 71%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(274, 83%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 83.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.80, 52.44, -53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.80, 75.01, 314.35°)
OKLab	oklab(40.17% 0.1053 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(40.17% 0.186 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.6753, 5.3841, 29.3251)
Luminance	0.0538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601996 #4F9619

analogous

#211996 #601996 #96198E

triadic

#601996 #966019 #199660

tetradic

#601996 #962119 #4F9619 #198E96

square

#601996 #962119 #4F9619 #198E96

split-complementary

#601996 #8E9619 #199621

monochromatic

#1D082D #3E1062 #601996 #8222CA #9F49E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11

#601996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#601996 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601996

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601996	1.00	10.11	2.08	10.11
#FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004294

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 25, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.186 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9360b6',
    500: '#601996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601996;
$custom-light: #9360b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.08,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40168,
    "c": 0.18572,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601996

secondary

#7DC249

accent

#EE3A88

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #601996

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

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