#601B6E#601B6E

#601B6E is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.145 H 320.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601B6E
RGB	rgb(96, 27, 110)
HSL	hsl(290, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(290, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 75.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.94, 42.92, -33.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.94, 54.20, 322.36°)
OKLab	oklab(37.18% 0.1117 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(37.18% 0.145 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.0299, 4.3969, 15.1745)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 4.29

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601B6E #296E1B

analogous

#371B6E #601B6E #6E1B53

triadic

#601B6E #6E601B #1B6E60

tetradic

#601B6E #6E371B #296E1B #1B536E

square

#601B6E #6E371B #296E1B #1B536E

split-complementary

#601B6E #536E1B #1B6E37

monochromatic

#150619 #350F3D #601B6E #8B279F #B436CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#601B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#601B6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601B6E

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601B6E	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#233E6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#602B43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 27, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.145 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#905f98',
    500: '#601b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601b6e;
$custom-light: #905f98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.88,
    "s": 60.584,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37178,
    "c": 0.14515,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601B6E

secondary

#52A342

accent

#E4445F

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0D050E

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #601B6E

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

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