#601C8B#601C8B

#601C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.172 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601C8B
RGB	rgb(96, 28, 139)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(277, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 79.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.25, 48.84, -47.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.25, 68.30, 315.65°)
OKLab	oklab(39.49% 0.1059 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(39.49% 0.172 308)
XYZ	xyz(9.8983, 5.1815, 24.8998)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601C8B #478B1C

analogous

#291C8B #601C8B #8B1C7E

triadic

#601C8B #8B601C #1C8B60

tetradic

#601C8B #8B291C #478B1C #1C7E8B

square

#601C8B #8B291C #478B1C #1C7E8B

split-complementary

#601C8B #7E8B1C #1C8B29

monochromatic

#1A0725 #3D1258 #601C8B #8326BE #A147DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#601C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#601C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601C8B

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601C8B	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 28, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.172 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9261ae',
    500: '#601c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601c8b;
$custom-light: #9261ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.757,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39491,
    "c": 0.17215,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.05181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601C8B

secondary

#74BC47

accent

#E93E81

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #601C8B

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

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