#514B63#514B63

#514B63 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.8% C 0.040 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B63
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 99)
HSL	hsl(255, 14%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(255, 24%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.2%, 24.2%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.31, 8.03, -13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.31, 15.36, 301.52°)
OKLab	oklab(42.82% 0.0176 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(42.82% 0.04 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.1611, 7.6823, 12.8548)
Luminance	0.0768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B63 #5D634B

analogous

#4B5163 #514B63 #5D4B63

triadic

#514B63 #63514B #4B6351

tetradic

#514B63 #634B51 #5D634B #4B635D

square

#514B63 #634B51 #5D634B #4B635D

split-complementary

#514B63 #635D4B #51634B

monochromatic

#18161D #353140 #514B63 #6D6586 #8D85A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.28

#514B63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#514B63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B63

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B63	1.00	8.28	2.54	8.28
#FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#464E64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#474E62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E4F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.8% 0.040 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827d8f',
    500: '#514b63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b63;
$custom-light: #827d8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 13.793,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42816,
    "c": 0.03986,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B63

secondary

#8B9179

accent

#B771A5

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B63

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

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