#601B5E#601B5E

#601B5E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.130 H 329.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601B5E
RGB	rgb(96, 27, 94)
HSL	hsl(302, 56%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(302, 72%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.9%, 2.1%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.93, 39.79, -24.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.93, 46.62, 328.61°)
OKLab	oklab(36.13% 0.1119 -0.067)
OKLCH	oklch(36.13% 0.13 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.2361, 4.0793, 10.9938)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601B5E #1B601D

analogous

#401B60 #601B5E #601B3C

triadic

#601B5E #5E601B #1B5E60

tetradic

#601B5E #60401B #1B601D #1B3C60

square

#601B5E #60401B #1B601D #1B3C60

split-complementary

#601B5E #3C601B #1B6040

monochromatic

#180717 #300E2F #601B5E #90288D #C036BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#601B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#601B5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601B5E

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601B5E	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#133360

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E3C5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#63243A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 27, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.130 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905e8c',
    500: '#601b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601b5e;
$custom-light: #905e8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.739,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36128,
    "c": 0.13044,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601B5E

secondary

#419644

accent

#DF4D48

background

#F9F5F8

surface

#F1E9F0

border

#CBC5CB

text

#0D050C

muted

#7E797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #601B5E

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

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