#601B9E#601B9E

#601B9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.192 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601B9E
RGB	rgb(96, 27, 158)
HSL	hsl(272, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(272, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 82.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.74, 53.61, -56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.74, 78.25, 313.25°)
OKLab	oklab(41.04% 0.1013 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(41.04% 0.192 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.3859, 5.7392, 32.8491)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601B9E #599E1B

analogous

#1F1B9E #601B9E #9E1B9B

triadic

#601B9E #9E601B #1B9E60

tetradic

#601B9E #9E1F1B #599E1B #1B9B9E

square

#601B9E #9E1F1B #599E1B #1B9B9E

split-complementary

#601B9E #9B9E1B #1B9E1F

monochromatic

#200935 #40126A #601B9E #8024D2 #9E52E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#601B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#601B9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601B9E

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601B9E	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52405E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 27, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.192 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9461bc',
    500: '#601b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601b9e;
$custom-light: #9461bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.603,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41039,
    "c": 0.19181,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601B9E

secondary

#87C451

accent

#EE3A8F

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #601B9E

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

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