#514B4A#514B4A

#514B4A is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.008 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B4A
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 74)
HSL	hsl(9, 5%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(9, 9%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 8.6%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.43, 2.29, 1.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.43, 2.73, 33.13°)
OKLab	oklab(41.83% 0.0072 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(41.83% 0.008 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1453, 7.2760, 7.5052)
Luminance	0.0728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B4A #4A5051

analogous

#514A4C #514B4A #514E4A

triadic

#514B4A #4A514B #4B4A51

tetradic

#514B4A #4C514A #4A5051 #4E4A51

square

#514B4A #4C514A #4A5051 #4E4A51

split-complementary

#514B4A #4A514E #4A4C51

monochromatic

#111010 #312D2D #514B4A #716967 #908785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.55

#514B4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#514B4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B4A

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B4A	1.00	8.55	2.46	8.55
#FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4C4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4D4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#534A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.008 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817d7c',
    500: '#514b4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b4a;
$custom-light: #817d7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 4.516,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41834,
    "c": 0.00821,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B4A

secondary

#777E7F

accent

#A6AE7A

background

#F7F7F7

surface

#EEEEEE

border

#C9C9C9

text

#0A0909

muted

#7C7B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B4A

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

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