#601A8E#601A8E

#601A8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.177 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601A8E
RGB	rgb(96, 26, 142)
HSL	hsl(276, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(276, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 81.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.24, 50.26, -49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.24, 70.63, 315.37°)
OKLab	oklab(39.56% 0.1069 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(39.56% 0.177 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.0747, 5.1787, 26.0548)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601A8E #488E1A

analogous

#261A8E #601A8E #8E1A82

triadic

#601A8E #8E601A #1A8E60

tetradic

#601A8E #8E261A #488E1A #1A828E

square

#601A8E #8E261A #488E1A #1A828E

split-complementary

#601A8E #828E1A #1A8E26

monochromatic

#1A0727 #3D115A #601A8E #8323C2 #A145DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.32

#601A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#601A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601A8E

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601A8E	1.00	10.32	2.04	10.32
#FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 26, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.177 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9260b0',
    500: '#601a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601a8e;
$custom-light: #9260b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.207,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39563,
    "c": 0.17706,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601A8E

secondary

#75BE45

accent

#EC3C82

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0511

muted

#7E7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #601A8E

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

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