#601B81#601B81

#601B81 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.163 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601B81
RGB	rgb(96, 27, 129)
HSL	hsl(281, 65%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(281, 79%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 79.1%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.32, 46.97, -42.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.32, 63.67, 317.54°)
OKLab	oklab(38.59% 0.109 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(38.59% 0.163 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.1775, 4.8559, 21.2185)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.45

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601B81 #3C811B

analogous

#2D1B81 #601B81 #811B6F

triadic

#601B81 #81601B #1B8160

tetradic

#601B81 #812D1B #3C811B #1B6F81

square

#601B81 #812D1B #3C811B #1B6F81

split-complementary

#601B81 #6F811B #1B812D

monochromatic

#15061C #3A104E #601B81 #8626B4 #A63FD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#601B81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#601B81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601B81

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601B81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601B81	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#08407F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5C334D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601b81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 27, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.163 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9160a6',
    500: '#601b81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601b81;
$custom-light: #9160a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601b81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.588,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38592,
    "c": 0.1634,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601B81

secondary

#68B543

accent

#E83F76

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D050F

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #601B81

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

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