#601B97#601B97

#601B97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.185 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601B97
RGB	rgb(96, 27, 151)
HSL	hsl(273, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(273, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 82.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.13, 51.97, -53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.13, 74.75, 314.05°)
OKLab	oklab(40.42% 0.1035 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(40.42% 0.185 304)
XYZ	xyz(10.8004, 5.5051, 29.7657)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.69

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601B97 #52971B

analogous

#221B97 #601B97 #971B90

triadic

#601B97 #97601B #1B9760

tetradic

#601B97 #97221B #52971B #1B9097

square

#601B97 #97221B #52971B #1B9097

split-complementary

#601B97 #90971B #1B9722

monochromatic

#1E082F #3F1263 #601B97 #8124CB #9E4DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.00

#601B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#601B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601B97

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601B97	1.00	10.00	2.10	10.00
#FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 27, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.185 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9361b7',
    500: '#601b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601b97;
$custom-light: #9361b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.387,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40421,
    "c": 0.18492,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.05505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601B97

secondary

#80C14C

accent

#EC3B8A

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #601B97

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

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