#601E8B#601E8B

#601E8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.170 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601E8B
RGB	rgb(96, 30, 139)
HSL	hsl(276, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(276, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 78.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.52, 48.06, -47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.52, 67.43, 315.45°)
OKLab	oklab(39.68% 0.1042 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(39.68% 0.17 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9474, 5.2796, 24.9161)
Luminance	0.0528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601E8B #498B1E

analogous

#291E8B #601E8B #8B1E7F

triadic

#601E8B #8B601E #1E8B60

tetradic

#601E8B #8B291E #498B1E #1E7F8B

square

#601E8B #8B291E #498B1E #1E7F8B

split-complementary

#601E8B #7F8B1E #1E8B29

monochromatic

#1A0826 #3D1359 #601E8B #8329BD #A14BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#601E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#601E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601E8B

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601E8B	1.00	10.22	2.06	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 30, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.170 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9262ae',
    500: '#601e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601e8b;
$custom-light: #9262ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.33,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39682,
    "c": 0.17004,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601E8B

secondary

#77BB4A

accent

#E74082

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #601E8B

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

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