#601B8C#601B8C

#601B8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.174 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601B8C
RGB	rgb(96, 27, 140)
HSL	hsl(277, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(277, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 80.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.20, 49.44, -48.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.20, 69.22, 315.58°)
OKLab	oklab(39.48% 0.1066 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(39.48% 0.174 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.9484, 5.1643, 25.2786)
Luminance	0.0516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601B8C #478C1B

analogous

#271B8C #601B8C #8C1B80

triadic

#601B8C #8C601B #1B8C60

tetradic

#601B8C #8C271B #478C1B #1B808C

square

#601B8C #8C271B #478C1B #1B808C

split-complementary

#601B8C #808C1B #1B8C27

monochromatic

#1A0725 #3D1159 #601B8C #8325BF #A146DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#601B8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#601B8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601B8C

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601B8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601B8C	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601b8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 27, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.174 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9260ae',
    500: '#601b8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601b8c;
$custom-light: #9260ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601b8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.637,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39483,
    "c": 0.17414,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601B8C

secondary

#74BD46

accent

#EB3D81

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #601B8C

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

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