#601A9D#601A9D

#601A9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.192 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601A9D
RGB	rgb(96, 26, 157)
HSL	hsl(272, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(272, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 83.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.54, 53.72, -56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.54, 78.12, 313.44°)
OKLab	oklab(40.87% 0.1024 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(40.87% 0.192 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2776, 5.6599, 32.3901)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601A9D #579D1A

analogous

#1E1A9D #601A9D #9D1A98

triadic

#601A9D #9D601A #1A9D60

tetradic

#601A9D #9D1E1A #579D1A #1A989D

square

#601A9D #9D1E1A #579D1A #1A989D

split-complementary

#601A9D #989D1A #1A9D1E

monochromatic

#200934 #401168 #601A9D #8023D2 #9E4FE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#601A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#601A9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601A9D

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601A9D	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#533F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 26, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.192 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9461bb',
    500: '#601a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601a9d;
$custom-light: #9461bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.061,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40868,
    "c": 0.19168,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601A9D

secondary

#85C44E

accent

#EE398E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #601A9D

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

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