#601CA9#601CA9

#601CA9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.202 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601CA9
RGB	rgb(96, 28, 169)
HSL	hsl(269, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(269, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 83.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.87, 55.88, -61.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.87, 83.33, 312.11°)
OKLab	oklab(42.12% 0.097 -0.177)
OKLCH	oklch(42.12% 0.202 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.3987, 6.1817, 38.0684)
Luminance	0.0618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601CA9 #65A91C

analogous

#1C1EA9 #601CA9 #A61CA9

triadic

#601CA9 #A9601C #1CA960

tetradic

#601CA9 #A91C1E #65A91C #1CA9A6

square

#601CA9 #A91C1E #65A91C #1CA9A6

split-complementary

#601CA9 #A9A61C #1EA91C

monochromatic

#240B40 #421374 #601CA9 #7E27DB #9D5BE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.39

#601CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#601CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601CA9

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601CA9	1.00	9.39	2.24	9.39
#FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4565

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 28, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.202 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9563c4',
    500: '#601ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601ca9;
$custom-light: #9563c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.936,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42121,
    "c": 0.20183,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601CA9

secondary

#92C859

accent

#EE3997

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F2EBF8

border

#CCC6D1

text

#0E0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #601CA9

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

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