#601B8A#601B8A

#601B8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.172 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601B8A
RGB	rgb(96, 27, 138)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(277, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 80.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.03, 48.98, -47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.03, 68.21, 315.90°)
OKLab	oklab(39.32% 0.1071 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(39.32% 0.172 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.8023, 5.1058, 24.5090)
Luminance	0.0511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601B8A #458A1B

analogous

#281B8A #601B8A #8A1B7D

triadic

#601B8A #8A601B #1B8A60

tetradic

#601B8A #8A281B #458A1B #1B7D8A

square

#601B8A #8A281B #458A1B #1B7D8A

split-complementary

#601B8A #7D8A1B #1B8A28

monochromatic

#190724 #3C1157 #601B8A #8425BD #A245DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.39

#601B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#601B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601B8A

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601B8A	1.00	10.39	2.02	10.39
#FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593752

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 27, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.172 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9260ad',
    500: '#601b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601b8a;
$custom-light: #9260ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.297,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39318,
    "c": 0.17218,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601B8A

secondary

#72BC45

accent

#EA3E7F

background

#F9F5FA

surface

#F2EAF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #601B8A

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

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