#601B9D#601B9D

#601B9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.191 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601B9D
RGB	rgb(96, 27, 157)
HSL	hsl(272, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(272, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 82.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.66, 53.38, -56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.66, 77.75, 313.36°)
OKLab	oklab(40.95% 0.1017 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(40.95% 0.191 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.3001, 5.7049, 32.3976)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601B9D #589D1B

analogous

#1F1B9D #601B9D #9D1B99

triadic

#601B9D #9D601B #1B9D60

tetradic

#601B9D #9D1F1B #589D1B #1B999D

square

#601B9D #9D1F1B #589D1B #1B999D

split-complementary

#601B9D #999D1B #1B9D1F

monochromatic

#200935 #401269 #601B9D #8024D1 #9E51E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#601B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#601B9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601B9D

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601B9D	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53405D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 27, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.191 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9461bb',
    500: '#601b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601b9d;
$custom-light: #9461bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.846,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4095,
    "c": 0.19082,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601B9D

secondary

#86C450

accent

#ED3A8E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #601B9D

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

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