#601D8E#601D8E

#601D8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.174 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601D8E
RGB	rgb(96, 29, 142)
HSL	hsl(276, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(276, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 79.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.62, 49.14, -48.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.62, 69.39, 315.09°)
OKLab	oklab(39.83% 0.1043 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(39.83% 0.174 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.1447, 5.3186, 26.0781)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601D8E #4B8E1D

analogous

#271D8E #601D8E #8E1D83

triadic

#601D8E #8E601D #1D8E60

tetradic

#601D8E #8E271D #4B8E1D #1D838E

square

#601D8E #8E271D #4B8E1D #1D838E

split-complementary

#601D8E #838E1D #1D8E27

monochromatic

#1B0828 #3E135B #601D8E #8227C1 #A04BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#601D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#601D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601D8E

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601D8E	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 29, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.174 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9261b0',
    500: '#601d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601d8e;
$custom-light: #9261b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.575,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39833,
    "c": 0.17409,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601D8E

secondary

#79BD4A

accent

#E93F84

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #601D8E

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

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