#601B8D#601B8D

#601B8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.175 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601B8D
RGB	rgb(96, 27, 141)
HSL	hsl(276, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(276, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 80.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.28, 49.67, -48.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.28, 69.72, 315.43°)
OKLab	oklab(39.57% 0.1063 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(39.57% 0.175 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0225, 5.1939, 25.6687)
Luminance	0.0519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601B8D #488D1B

analogous

#271B8D #601B8D #8D1B81

triadic

#601B8D #8D601B #1B8D60

tetradic

#601B8D #8D271B #488D1B #1B818D

square

#601B8D #8D271B #488D1B #1B818D

split-complementary

#601B8D #818D1B #1B8D27

monochromatic

#1A0726 #3D115A #601B8D #8325C0 #A147DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.30

#601B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#601B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601B8D

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601B8D	1.00	10.30	2.04	10.30
#FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 27, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.175 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9260af',
    500: '#601b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601b8d;
$custom-light: #9260af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.316,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39567,
    "c": 0.17512,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601B8D

secondary

#75BD46

accent

#EB3D82

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #601B8D

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

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