#601E8A#601E8A

#601E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.169 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601E8A
RGB	rgb(96, 30, 138)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(277, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 78.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.44, 47.82, -46.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.44, 66.92, 315.61°)
OKLab	oklab(39.6% 0.1044 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(39.6% 0.169 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.8746, 5.2505, 24.5331)
Luminance	0.0525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601E8A #488A1E

analogous

#2A1E8A #601E8A #8A1E7E

triadic

#601E8A #8A601E #1E8A60

tetradic

#601E8A #8A2A1E #488A1E #1E7E8A

square

#601E8A #8A2A1E #488A1E #1E7E8A

split-complementary

#601E8A #7E8A1E #1E8A2A

monochromatic

#1A0825 #3D1358 #601E8A #8329BC #A14BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.24

#601E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#601E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601E8A

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601E8A	1.00	10.24	2.05	10.24
#FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 30, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.169 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9262ad',
    500: '#601e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601e8a;
$custom-light: #9262ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.396,
    "c": 0.16903,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601E8A

secondary

#75BA4A

accent

#E74181

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #601E8A

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

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