#601E8E#601E8E

#601E8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.173 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601E8E
RGB	rgb(96, 30, 142)
HSL	hsl(275, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(275, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 78.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.76, 48.75, -48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.76, 68.96, 314.99°)
OKLab	oklab(39.93% 0.1035 -0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(39.93% 0.173 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.1696, 5.3685, 26.0864)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601E8E #4C8E1E

analogous

#281E8E #601E8E #8E1E84

triadic

#601E8E #8E601E #1E8E60

tetradic

#601E8E #8E281E #4C8E1E #1E848E

square

#601E8E #8E281E #4C8E1E #1E848E

split-complementary

#601E8E #848E1E #1E8E28

monochromatic

#1C0929 #3E135B #601E8E #8229C1 #A04DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.13

#601E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#601E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601E8E

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601E8E	1.00	10.13	2.07	10.13
#FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#583A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 30, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.173 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9262b0',
    500: '#601e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601e8e;
$custom-light: #9262b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.357,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39928,
    "c": 0.17305,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601E8E

secondary

#7ABC4C

accent

#E84085

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0D0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #601E8E

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

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