#514B62#514B62

#514B62 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.038 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B62
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 98)
HSL	hsl(256, 13%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(256, 23%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 23.5%, 0%, 61.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.27, 7.78, -12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.27, 14.74, 301.84°)
OKLab	oklab(42.77% 0.0172 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(42.77% 0.038 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1136, 7.6633, 12.6046)
Luminance	0.0766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B62 #5C624B

analogous

#4B5162 #514B62 #5D4B62

triadic

#514B62 #62514B #4B6251

tetradic

#514B62 #624B51 #5C624B #4B625D

square

#514B62 #624B51 #5C624B #4B625D

split-complementary

#514B62 #625D4B #51624B

monochromatic

#18161D #34303F #514B62 #6E6685 #8D85A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.29

#514B62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#514B62 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B62

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B62	1.00	8.29	2.53	8.29
#FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464E63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474E61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.038 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827d8e',
    500: '#514b62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b62;
$custom-light: #827d8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.652,
    "s": 13.295,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42771,
    "c": 0.03826,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B62

secondary

#8A9079

accent

#B672A4

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B62

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

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