#601E96#601E96

#601E96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.181 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#601E96
RGB	rgb(96, 30, 150)
HSL	hsl(273, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(273, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 80%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.43, 50.62, -52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.43, 73.02, 313.89°)
OKLab	oklab(40.6% 0.1014 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(40.6% 0.181 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7919, 5.6174, 29.3640)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.79

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#601E96 #54961E

analogous

#241E96 #601E96 #961E90

triadic

#601E96 #96601E #1E9660

tetradic

#601E96 #96241E #54961E #1E9096

square

#601E96 #96241E #54961E #1E9096

split-complementary

#601E96 #90961E #1E9624

monochromatic

#1F0A30 #3F1463 #601E96 #8128C9 #9E52DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#601E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#601E96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #601E96

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##601E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##601E96	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#553E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #601e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 30, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.181 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9362b6',
    500: '#601e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #601e96;
$custom-light: #9362b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#601e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40602,
    "c": 0.18108,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#601E96

secondary

#82BF50

accent

#EA3E8B

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF6

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0611

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #601E96

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

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