#60238B#60238B

#60238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.164 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#60238B
RGB	rgb(96, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(275, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(275, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.26, 45.94, -46.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.26, 65.09, 314.90°)
OKLab	oklab(40.2% 0.0993 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(40.2% 0.164 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.0841, 5.5531, 24.9617)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#60238B #4E8B23

analogous

#2C238B #60238B #8B2382

triadic

#60238B #8B6023 #238B60

tetradic

#60238B #8B2C23 #4E8B23 #23828B

square

#60238B #8B2C23 #4E8B23 #23828B

split-complementary

#60238B #828B23 #238B2C

monochromatic

#1C0A29 #3E175A #60238B #822FBC #9F54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#60238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#60238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #60238B

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##60238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##60238B	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #60238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(96, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.164 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9164ae',
    500: '#60238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #60238b;
$custom-light: #9164ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#60238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 96,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.192,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40203,
    "c": 0.16432,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#60238B

secondary

#7CB852

accent

#E34586

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0D0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #60238B

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

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