#601B78#601B78

#601B78 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.155 H 315.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601B78
RGB	rgb(96, 27, 120)
HSL	hsl(285, 63%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(285, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 77.5%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.64, 45.01, -38.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.64, 59.15, 319.55°)
OKLab	oklab(37.9% 0.1106 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(37.9% 0.155 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6054, 4.6271, 18.2055)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.22

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601B78 #33781B

analogous

#321B78 #601B78 #781B62

triadic

#601B78 #78601B #1B7860

tetradic

#601B78 #78321B #33781B #1B6278

square

#601B78 #78321B #33781B #1B6278

split-complementary

#601B78 #62781B #1B7832

monochromatic

#140619 #381046 #601B78 #8826AA #AC3BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#601B78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#601B78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601B78

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601B78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601B78	1.00	10.91	1.93	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193F76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E2F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601b78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 27, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.155 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915f9f',
    500: '#601b78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601b78;
$custom-light: #915f9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601b78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.516,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37901,
    "c": 0.1547,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601B78

secondary

#5EAC43

accent

#E6416C

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #601B78

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

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