#601C9E#601C9E

#601C9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.191 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601C9E
RGB	rgb(96, 28, 158)
HSL	hsl(271, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(271, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 82.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.87, 53.26, -56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.87, 77.86, 313.16°)
OKLab	oklab(41.12% 0.1006 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(41.12% 0.191 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.4092, 5.7859, 32.8568)
Luminance	0.0579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601C9E #5A9E1C

analogous

#1F1C9E #601C9E #9E1C9B

triadic

#601C9E #9E601C #1C9E60

tetradic

#601C9E #9E1F1C #5A9E1C #1C9B9E

square

#601C9E #9E1F1C #5A9E1C #1C9B9E

split-complementary

#601C9E #9B9E1C #1C9E1F

monochromatic

#210A36 #40136A #601C9E #8025D2 #9D54E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.73

#601C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#601C9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601C9E

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601C9E	1.00	9.73	2.16	9.73
#FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52415E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 28, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.191 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9462bc',
    500: '#601c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601c9e;
$custom-light: #9462bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.385,
    "s": 69.892,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41123,
    "c": 0.19094,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601C9E

secondary

#88C452

accent

#ED3B90

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #601C9E

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

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