#601C96#601C96

#601C96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.183 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601C96
RGB	rgb(96, 28, 150)
HSL	hsl(273, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(273, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 81.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.17, 51.38, -53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.17, 73.85, 314.09°)
OKLab	oklab(40.42% 0.103 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(40.42% 0.183 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.7429, 5.5193, 29.3476)
Luminance	0.0552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.64

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601C96 #52961C

analogous

#231C96 #601C96 #961C8F

triadic

#601C96 #96601C #1C9660

tetradic

#601C96 #96231C #52961C #1C8F96

square

#601C96 #96231C #52961C #1C8F96

split-complementary

#601C96 #8F961C #1C9623

monochromatic

#1E092F #3F1262 #601C96 #8126CA #9E4EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.98

#601C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#601C96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601C96

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601C96	1.00	9.98	2.10	9.98
#FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004294

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 28, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.183 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9361b6',
    500: '#601c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601c96;
$custom-light: #9361b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.443,
    "s": 68.539,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40421,
    "c": 0.18302,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601C96

secondary

#80C14D

accent

#EB3C8A

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #601C96

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

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