#601C8A#601C8A

#601C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.171 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601C8A
RGB	rgb(96, 28, 138)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(277, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 79.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.16, 48.61, -47.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.16, 67.79, 315.81°)
OKLab	oklab(39.41% 0.1062 -0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(39.41% 0.171 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.8256, 5.1524, 24.5167)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601C8A #468A1C

analogous

#291C8A #601C8A #8A1C7D

triadic

#601C8A #8A601C #1C8A60

tetradic

#601C8A #8A291C #468A1C #1C7D8A

square

#601C8A #8A291C #468A1C #1C7D8A

split-complementary

#601C8A #7D8A1C #1C8A29

monochromatic

#190724 #3D1257 #601C8A #8326BD #A247DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.34

#601C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#601C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601C8A

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601C8A	1.00	10.34	2.03	10.34
#FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 28, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.171 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9261ad',
    500: '#601c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601c8a;
$custom-light: #9261ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.091,
    "s": 66.265,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39409,
    "c": 0.17116,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601C8A

secondary

#73BB46

accent

#E93F80

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #601C8A

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

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