#601D8B#601D8B

#601D8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.171 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601D8B
RGB	rgb(96, 29, 139)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(277, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 79.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.38, 48.45, -47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.38, 67.87, 315.55°)
OKLab	oklab(39.59% 0.1051 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(39.59% 0.171 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.9225, 5.2298, 24.9078)
Luminance	0.0523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601D8B #488B1D

analogous

#291D8B #601D8B #8B1D7F

triadic

#601D8B #8B601D #1D8B60

tetradic

#601D8B #8B291D #488B1D #1D7F8B

square

#601D8B #8B291D #488B1D #1D7F8B

split-complementary

#601D8B #7F8B1D #1D8B29

monochromatic

#1A0826 #3D1258 #601D8B #8328BE #A149D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.26

#601D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#601D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601D8B

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601D8B	1.00	10.26	2.05	10.26
#FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 29, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.171 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9261ae',
    500: '#601d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601d8b;
$custom-light: #9261ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.545,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39585,
    "c": 0.17111,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601D8B

secondary

#75BB49

accent

#E83F81

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #601D8B

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

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