#601B79#601B79

#601B79 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.156 H 315.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601B79
RGB	rgb(96, 27, 121)
HSL	hsl(284, 64%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(284, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 77.7%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.72, 45.23, -38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.72, 59.65, 319.30°)
OKLab	oklab(37.98% 0.1104 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(37.98% 0.156 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.6664, 4.6515, 18.5268)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Darkish Purple

#751973

ΔE00 5.34

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601B79 #34791B

analogous

#311B79 #601B79 #791B63

triadic

#601B79 #79601B #1B7960

tetradic

#601B79 #79311B #34791B #1B6379

square

#601B79 #79311B #34791B #1B6379

split-complementary

#601B79 #63791B #1B7931

monochromatic

#140619 #381047 #601B79 #8826AB #AB3BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.88

#601B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#601B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601B79

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601B79	1.00	10.88	1.93	10.88
#FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173F77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E3049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 27, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.156 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#915fa0',
    500: '#601b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601b79;
$custom-light: #915fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.043,
    "s": 63.514,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37976,
    "c": 0.15566,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601B79

secondary

#5FAD43

accent

#E7416D

background

#F9F5F9

surface

#F1EAF2

border

#CBC6CC

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #601B79

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

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