#601B8F#601B8F

#601B8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.177 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601B8F
RGB	rgb(96, 27, 143)
HSL	hsl(276, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(276, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 81.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.45, 50.12, -49.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.45, 70.73, 315.13°)
OKLab	oklab(39.74% 0.1058 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(39.74% 0.177 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.1726, 5.2539, 26.4595)
Luminance	0.0525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601B8F #4A8F1B

analogous

#261B8F #601B8F #8F1B84

triadic

#601B8F #8F601B #1B8F60

tetradic

#601B8F #8F261B #4A8F1B #1B848F

square

#601B8F #8F261B #4A8F1B #1B848F

split-complementary

#601B8F #848F1B #1B8F26

monochromatic

#1B0828 #3D115C #601B8F #8325C2 #A048DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.24

#601B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#601B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601B8F

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601B8F	1.00	10.24	2.05	10.24
#FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 27, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.177 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9261b1',
    500: '#601b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601b8f;
$custom-light: #9261b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.69,
    "s": 68.235,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39735,
    "c": 0.17708,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601B8F

secondary

#78BE48

accent

#EB3D83

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #601B8F

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

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