#601C8E#601C8E

#601C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.175 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601C8E
RGB	rgb(96, 28, 142)
HSL	hsl(276, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(276, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 80.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.49, 49.52, -49.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.49, 69.81, 315.18°)
OKLab	oklab(39.74% 0.1052 -0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(39.74% 0.175 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1206, 5.2704, 26.0701)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601C8E #4A8E1C

analogous

#271C8E #601C8E #8E1C83

triadic

#601C8E #8E601C #1C8E60

tetradic

#601C8E #8E271C #4A8E1C #1C838E

square

#601C8E #8E271C #4A8E1C #1C838E

split-complementary

#601C8E #838E1C #1C8E27

monochromatic

#1B0828 #3D125B #601C8E #8326C1 #A049DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#601C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#601C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601C8E

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601C8E	1.00	10.22	2.05	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 28, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.175 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9261b0',
    500: '#601c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601c8e;
$custom-light: #9261b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.789,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3974,
    "c": 0.17511,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601C8E

secondary

#78BD49

accent

#EA3E83

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #601C8E

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

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