#601A8D#601A8D

#601A8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.176 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601A8D
RGB	rgb(96, 26, 141)
HSL	hsl(277, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(277, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 81.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.15, 50.03, -49.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.15, 70.12, 315.52°)
OKLab	oklab(39.48% 0.1071 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(39.48% 0.176 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.0000, 5.1488, 25.6612)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601A8D #478D1A

analogous

#271A8D #601A8D #8D1A80

triadic

#601A8D #8D601A #1A8D60

tetradic

#601A8D #8D271A #478D1A #1A808D

square

#601A8D #8D271A #478D1A #1A808D

split-complementary

#601A8D #808D1A #1A8D27

monochromatic

#1A0726 #3D1059 #601A8D #8324C1 #A145DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#601A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#601A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601A8D

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601A8D	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 26, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.176 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9260af',
    500: '#601a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601a8d;
$custom-light: #9260af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39479,
    "c": 0.17609,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601A8D

secondary

#74BE45

accent

#EC3C81

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #601A8D

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

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