#514A8A#514A8A

#514A8A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 44.7% C 0.103 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514A8A
RGB	rgb(81, 74, 138)
HSL	hsl(247, 30%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(247, 46%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 46.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.97, 19.68, -34.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.97, 39.98, 299.49°)
OKLab	oklab(44.72% 0.0291 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(44.72% 0.103 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4283, 8.4815, 25.1275)
Luminance	0.0848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514A8A #838A4A

analogous

#4A638A #514A8A #714A8A

triadic

#514A8A #8A514A #4A8A51

tetradic

#514A8A #8A4A63 #838A4A #4A8A71

square

#514A8A #8A4A63 #838A4A #4A8A71

split-complementary

#514A8A #8A714A #638A4A

monochromatic

#221F3A #3A3562 #514A8A #6D65AC #928DC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.79

#514A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#514A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514A8A

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514A8A	1.00	7.79	2.70	7.79
#FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#33548C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#315089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#415763

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 74, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.7% 0.103 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#857cac',
    500: '#514a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514a8a;
$custom-light: #857cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.563,
    "s": 30.189,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44715,
    "c": 0.10251,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514A8A

secondary

#A9AE82

accent

#C661BB

background

#F8F7FA

surface

#EFEEF4

border

#CAC9CE

text

#0B0910

muted

#7C7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #514A8A

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

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