#601A9F#601A9F

#601A9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.194 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601A9F
RGB	rgb(96, 26, 159)
HSL	hsl(272, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(272, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 83.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.72, 54.19, -57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.72, 79.12, 313.23°)
OKLab	oklab(41.05% 0.1017 -0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(41.05% 0.194 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.4497, 5.7287, 33.2967)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601A9F #599F1A

analogous

#1E1A9F #601A9F #9F1A9C

triadic

#601A9F #9F601A #1A9F60

tetradic

#601A9F #9F1E1A #599F1A #1A9C9F

square

#601A9F #9F1E1A #599F1A #1A9C9F

split-complementary

#601A9F #9C9F1A #1A9F1E

monochromatic

#200936 #40116A #601A9F #8023D4 #9E51E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#601A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#601A9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601A9F

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601A9F	1.00	9.79	2.15	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 26, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.194 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9461bc',
    500: '#601a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601a9f;
$custom-light: #9461bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41048,
    "c": 0.19363,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601A9F

secondary

#87C550

accent

#EF398F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #601A9F

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

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