#701B9E#701B9E

#701B9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.195 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#701B9E
RGB	rgb(112, 27, 158)
HSL	hsl(279, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(279, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 82.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.11, 56.17, -53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.11, 77.25, 316.64°)
OKLab	oklab(43.17% 0.1245 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(43.17% 0.195 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.2443, 6.6975, 32.9362)
Luminance	0.0670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#701B9E #499E1B

analogous

#2E1B9E #701B9E #9E1B8B

triadic

#701B9E #9E701B #1B9E70

tetradic

#701B9E #9E2E1B #499E1B #1B8B9E

square

#701B9E #9E2E1B #499E1B #1B8B9E

split-complementary

#701B9E #8B9E1B #1B9E2E

monochromatic

#260935 #4B126A #701B9E #9524D2 #AF52E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.98

#701B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.34

#701B9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #701B9E

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##701B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##701B9E	1.00	8.98	2.34	8.98
#FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#693E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #701b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(112, 27, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.195 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e64bc',
    500: '#701b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #701b9e;
$custom-light: #9e64bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#701b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 112,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.931,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43173,
    "c": 0.19546,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#701B9E

secondary

#79C451

accent

#EE3A79

background

#FAF6FB

surface

#F4EBF6

border

#CEC6D0

text

#0F0612

muted

#7F7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #701B9E

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

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