#514B55#514B55

#514B55 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.018 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B55
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 85)
HSL	hsl(276, 6%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(276, 12%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 11.8%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.78, 4.65, -5.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.78, 6.83, 312.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.23% 0.0121 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(42.23% 0.018 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5488, 7.4374, 9.6304)
Luminance	0.0744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B55 #4F554B

analogous

#4C4B55 #514B55 #554B54

triadic

#514B55 #55514B #4B5551

tetradic

#514B55 #554C4B #4F554B #4B5455

square

#514B55 #554C4B #4F554B #4B5455

split-complementary

#514B55 #54554B #4B554C

monochromatic

#131214 #322E34 #514B55 #706876 #8F8694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#514B55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#514B55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B55

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B55	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4D55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#514C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.018 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817d84',
    500: '#514b55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b55;
$custom-light: #817d84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 6.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4223,
    "c": 0.01802,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B55

secondary

#7D8378

accent

#AF788E

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B55

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

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