#514B60#514B60

#514B60 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.035 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B60
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 96)
HSL	hsl(257, 12%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(257, 22%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 21.9%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.19, 7.28, -11.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.19, 13.51, 302.60°)
OKLab	oklab(42.68% 0.0165 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(42.68% 0.035 298)
XYZ	xyz(8.0203, 7.6260, 12.1135)
Luminance	0.0763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B60 #5A604B

analogous

#4B4F60 #514B60 #5B4B60

triadic

#514B60 #60514B #4B6051

tetradic

#514B60 #604B4F #5A604B #4B605B

square

#514B60 #604B4F #5A604B #4B605B

split-complementary

#514B60 #605B4B #4F604B

monochromatic

#17151B #34303E #514B60 #6E6682 #8D85A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.32

#514B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#514B60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B60

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B60	1.00	8.32	2.53	8.32
#FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474E61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#484E5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.035 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827d8d',
    500: '#514b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b60;
$custom-light: #827d8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 12.281,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42683,
    "c": 0.03507,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.07626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B60

secondary

#888E79

accent

#B573A2

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B60

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

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