#601B8B#601B8B

#601B8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.173 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601B8B
RGB	rgb(96, 27, 139)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(277, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 80.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.12, 49.21, -47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.12, 68.71, 315.74°)
OKLab	oklab(39.4% 0.1068 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(39.4% 0.173 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.8750, 5.1349, 24.8920)
Luminance	0.0513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601B8B #468B1B

analogous

#281B8B #601B8B #8B1B7E

triadic

#601B8B #8B601B #1B8B60

tetradic

#601B8B #8B281B #468B1B #1B7E8B

square

#601B8B #8B281B #468B1B #1B7E8B

split-complementary

#601B8B #7E8B1B #1B8B28

monochromatic

#190725 #3D1158 #601B8B #8325BE #A245DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#601B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#601B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601B8B

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601B8B	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 27, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.173 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9260ae',
    500: '#601b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601b8b;
$custom-light: #9260ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.964,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.394,
    "c": 0.17316,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601B8B

secondary

#73BC45

accent

#EA3D80

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #601B8B

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

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