#514B59#514B59

#514B59 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.024 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B59
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 89)
HSL	hsl(266, 9%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 16%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 15.7%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.93, 5.58, -7.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.93, 9.22, 307.26°)
OKLab	oklab(42.39% 0.0137 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(42.39% 0.024 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7123, 7.5028, 10.4911)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B59 #53594B

analogous

#4B4C59 #514B59 #584B59

triadic

#514B59 #59514B #4B5951

tetradic

#514B59 #594B4C #53594B #4B5958

square

#514B59 #594B4C #53594B #4B5958

split-complementary

#514B59 #59584B #4C594B

monochromatic

#151317 #332F38 #514B59 #6F677A #8E8699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#514B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#514B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B59

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B59	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494D5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#504D50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.024 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#817d87',
    500: '#514b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b59;
$custom-light: #817d87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 8.537,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42388,
    "c": 0.02406,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B59

secondary

#818778

accent

#B27698

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEEF

border

#C9C9CA

text

#0A090B

muted

#7C7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B59

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

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