#601A9E#601A9E

#601A9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.193 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601A9E
RGB	rgb(96, 26, 158)
HSL	hsl(272, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(272, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 83.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.63, 53.96, -57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.63, 78.62, 313.34°)
OKLab	oklab(40.96% 0.102 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(40.96% 0.193 302)
XYZ	xyz(11.3633, 5.6942, 32.8415)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601A9E #589E1A

analogous

#1E1A9E #601A9E #9E1A9A

triadic

#601A9E #9E601A #1A9E60

tetradic

#601A9E #9E1E1A #589E1A #1A9A9E

square

#601A9E #9E1E1A #589E1A #1A9A9E

split-complementary

#601A9E #9A9E1A #1A9E1E

monochromatic

#200935 #401169 #601A9E #8023D3 #9E50E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#601A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#601A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601A9E

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601A9E	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 26, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.193 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9461bc',
    500: '#601a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601a9e;
$custom-light: #9461bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.818,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40958,
    "c": 0.19264,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.05694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601A9E

secondary

#86C54F

accent

#EE398E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #601A9E

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

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