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Named color

Imperial Purple

Imperial Purple is a balanced purple color with HEX #602F6B. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it has RGB 96, 47, 107, HSL 289, 39%, 30%, cool temperature, and is useful for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems.

#602F6B purple cool balanced
HEX #602F6B
RGB rgb(96, 47, 107)
HSL hsl(289 39% 30%)
CMYK cmyk(10, 56, 0, 58)
Luminance 0.0558
Contrast Black 2.12:1White 9.92:1

CSS Utilities

--color-imperial-purple: #602F6B;
.bg-imperial-purple { background-color: #602F6B; }
.text-imperial-purple { color: #602F6B; }
Open CSS utility pageReusable variables, classes, examples, and implementation notes

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Color Data (JSON)

Perfect for CSS, design systems, automation, and AI ingestion.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.0558
Black text2.12:1AA Fail
White text9.92:1AA Pass
hexCanonical HEX value
rgbRed, green, blue channels
hslHue, saturation, lightness
cmykApproximate print conversion
wcagAA and AAA contrast options
harmoniesMathematical harmony sets
variantsGenerated tone variants
nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Color systems
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    47,
    107
  ],
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    289,
    39,
    30
  ],
  "cmyk": [
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    56,
    0,
    58
  ],
  "luminance": 0.0558,
  "contrast": {
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  }
}
WCAG
{
  "AA": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#F5F5F5"
  ],
  "AAA": [
    "#FFFFFF",
    "#F5F5F5"
  ]
}
Harmonies
{
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    "#6A2F57"
  ],
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    "#2F6A5F"
  ],
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    "#3A6A2F",
    "#2F576A"
  ],
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    "#2F6A42"
  ],
  "monochromatic": [
    "#994BAA",
    "#602F6B",
    "#26132B"
  ]
}
Variants
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  "light": "#994BAA",
  "dark": "#26132B",
  "saturated": "#6A1E7B",
  "desaturated": "#553F5A",
  "pastel": "#9E71A8",
  "neon": "#9E00C2"
}
Pairings
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  ],
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    "#994BAA"
  ],
  "neutral": [
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    "#F5F5F5",
    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
  "highContrast": [
    "#FFFFFF"
  ],
  "lowContrast": [
    "#994BAA",
    "#553F5A"
  ]
}
Knowledge graph
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    "eggplant",
    "aubergine",
    "dark-slate-blue",
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  ],
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  ],
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  ],
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  ],
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      "/wcag/imperial-purple",
      "/css/colors/imperial-purple",
      "/hex/602f6b"
    ]
  }
}
Full JSON dataset 
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  "name": "Imperial Purple",
  "hex": "#602F6B",
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  ],
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    ],
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  },
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  },
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    "neon": "#9E00C2"
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      "#F5F5F5"
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    "dark-slate-blue",
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      "/hex/602f6b"
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      "#553F5A",
      "#994BAA"
    ],
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      "#1A1A1A",
      "#F5F5F5",
      "#E8E8E4"
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}
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Color meaning and use

About Imperial Purple Color

Imperial Purple sits in the purple family with cool temperature and balanced visual character. Imperial Purple is a commonly used color name in design references, palettes, and editorial color systems.

Its common associations include heritage, craft, and specificity, which makes it relevant for museum design and education. In design work, Imperial Purple is most useful for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, especially when paired with white text for stronger contrast.

Related Color Guides

Purple color familyBrowse named purple colors and compare nearby swatches.Cool colorsExplore colors with cool temperature behavior.Balanced colorsFind colors with balanced visual character.Imperial Purple accessibilityCheck contrast and WCAG text options for #602F6B.Imperial Purple CSS utilitiesUse Imperial Purple in CSS variables and utility classes.#602F6B HEX atlasOpen the permanent HEX atlas record for conversions and variants.Imperial Purple paletteOpen the generated palette based on Imperial Purple.Imperial Purple harmoniesExplore complementary, analogous, triadic, and tetradic harmonies.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Imperial Purple against black and white text.

Black text2.12:1AA Fail
White text9.92:1AA Pass
AA text options#FFFFFF, #F5F5F5
AAA text options#FFFFFF, #F5F5F5
Open WCAG pageDetailed contrast notes, warnings, alternatives, and UI examples

Similar Colors

Byzantium#702963
Eggplant#614051
Aubergine#472C4C
Dark Slate Blue#483D8B
Iolite#5A4C8D

Color Harmonies

#3A6A2F#3A6A2F
#422F6A#422F6A
#6A2F57#6A2F57
#6A5F2F#6A5F2F
#2F6A5F#2F6A5F
Open full Imperial Purple harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#994BAA#994BAA
#26132B#26132B
#6A1E7B#6A1E7B
#553F5A#553F5A
#9E71A8#9E71A8
#9E00C2#9E00C2

Pairings

White#FFFFFF
#3A6A2F#3A6A2F
#422F6A#422F6A
#6A2F57#6A2F57
Matte Black#1A1A1A
White Smoke#F5F5F5