#601B8E#601B8E

#601B8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.176 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601B8E
RGB	rgb(96, 27, 142)
HSL	hsl(276, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(276, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 81%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.36, 49.90, -49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.36, 70.22, 315.28°)
OKLab	oklab(39.65% 0.106 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(39.65% 0.176 307)
XYZ	xyz(10.0972, 5.2238, 26.0623)
Luminance	0.0522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601B8E #498E1B

analogous

#261B8E #601B8E #8E1B82

triadic

#601B8E #8E601B #1B8E60

tetradic

#601B8E #8E261B #498E1B #1B828E

square

#601B8E #8E261B #498E1B #1B828E

split-complementary

#601B8E #828E1B #1B8E26

monochromatic

#1A0727 #3D115B #601B8E #8325C1 #A147DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.27

#601B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#601B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601B8E

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601B8E	1.00	10.27	2.04	10.27
#FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 27, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.176 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9261b0',
    500: '#601b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601b8e;
$custom-light: #9261b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3965,
    "c": 0.1761,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.05224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601B8E

secondary

#77BE47

accent

#EB3D82

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #601B8E

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

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