#601C9C#601C9C

#601C9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.189 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601C9C
RGB	rgb(96, 28, 156)
HSL	hsl(272, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(272, 82%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 82.1%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.69, 52.79, -55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.69, 76.86, 313.38°)
OKLab	oklab(40.95% 0.1012 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(40.95% 0.189 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.2384, 5.7176, 31.9576)
Luminance	0.0572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601C9C #589C1C

analogous

#201C9C #601C9C #9C1C98

triadic

#601C9C #9C601C #1C9C60

tetradic

#601C9C #9C201C #589C1C #1C989C

square

#601C9C #9C201C #589C1C #1C989C

split-complementary

#601C9C #989C1C #1C9C20

monochromatic

#200934 #401368 #601C9C #8025D0 #9E52E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#601C9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#601C9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601C9C

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601C9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601C9C	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#53405D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601c9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 28, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.189 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9362ba',
    500: '#601c9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601c9c;
$custom-light: #9362ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601c9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.875,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40945,
    "c": 0.18896,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601C9C

secondary

#86C351

accent

#EC3B8E

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #601C9C

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

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