#514B57#514B57

#514B57 is a dark, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.021 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B57
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 87)
HSL	hsl(270, 7%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(270, 14%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 13.8%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.85, 5.11, -6.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.85, 8.01, 309.64°)
OKLab	oklab(42.31% 0.0129 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(42.31% 0.021 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.6294, 7.4696, 10.0548)
Luminance	0.0747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B57 #51574B

analogous

#4B4B57 #514B57 #574B57

triadic

#514B57 #57514B #4B5751

tetradic

#514B57 #574B4B #51574B #4B5757

square

#514B57 #574B4B #51574B #4B5757

split-complementary

#514B57 #57574B #4B574B

monochromatic

#141215 #322F36 #514B57 #706778 #8E8697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.42

#514B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#514B57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B57

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B57	1.00	8.42	2.49	8.42
#FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494D58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4D57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504C4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.021 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817d86',
    500: '#514b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b57;
$custom-light: #817d86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 7.407,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42308,
    "c": 0.021,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B57

secondary

#7F8578

accent

#B07794

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B57

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

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