#601D8A#601D8A

#601D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.170 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601D8A
RGB	rgb(96, 29, 138)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(277, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 79%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.30, 48.22, -47.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.30, 67.36, 315.71°)
OKLab	oklab(39.5% 0.1053 -0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(39.5% 0.17 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.8497, 5.2007, 24.5248)
Luminance	0.0520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601D8A #478A1D

analogous

#2A1D8A #601D8A #8A1D7D

triadic

#601D8A #8A601D #1D8A60

tetradic

#601D8A #8A2A1D #478A1D #1D7D8A

square

#601D8A #8A2A1D #478A1D #1D7D8A

split-complementary

#601D8A #7D8A1D #1D8A2A

monochromatic

#1A0825 #3D1257 #601D8A #8328BD #A149D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.29

#601D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#601D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601D8A

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601D8A	1.00	10.29	2.04	10.29
#FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 29, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.170 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9261ad',
    500: '#601d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601d8a;
$custom-light: #9261ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.881,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39503,
    "c": 0.17011,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601D8A

secondary

#74BB48

accent

#E84081

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #601D8A

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

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