#514B5F#514B5F

#514B5F is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.033 H 298.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B5F
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 95)
HSL	hsl(258, 12%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(258, 21%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 21.1%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.15, 7.03, -10.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.15, 12.89, 303.04°)
OKLab	oklab(42.64% 0.0161 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(42.64% 0.033 298.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9746, 7.6077, 11.8726)
Luminance	0.0761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B5F #595F4B

analogous

#4B4F5F #514B5F #5B4B5F

triadic

#514B5F #5F514B #4B5F51

tetradic

#514B5F #5F4B4F #595F4B #4B5F5B

square

#514B5F #5F4B4F #595F4B #4B5F5B

split-complementary

#514B5F #5F5B4B #4F5F4B

monochromatic

#17151B #34303D #514B5F #6E6681 #8D859F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.33

#514B5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#514B5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B5F

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B5F	1.00	8.33	2.52	8.33
#FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474E60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484E5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4F4E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.033 298.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827d8c',
    500: '#514b5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b5f;
$custom-light: #827d8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 11.765,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42639,
    "c": 0.03348,
    "h": 298.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B5F

secondary

#878D79

accent

#B573A1

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B5F

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

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