#514B65#514B65

#514B65 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.043 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B65
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 101)
HSL	hsl(254, 15%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(254, 26%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 25.7%, 0%, 60.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.39, 8.54, -14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.39, 16.60, 300.98°)
OKLab	oklab(42.91% 0.0183 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(42.91% 0.043 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2579, 7.7210, 13.3646)
Luminance	0.0772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B65 #5F654B

analogous

#4B5265 #514B65 #5E4B65

triadic

#514B65 #65514B #4B6551

tetradic

#514B65 #654B52 #5F654B #4B655E

square

#514B65 #654B52 #5F654B #4B655E

split-complementary

#514B65 #655E4B #52654B

monochromatic

#19171F #353142 #514B65 #6D6588 #8D86A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#514B65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.54

#514B65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B65

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B65	1.00	8.25	2.54	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454F66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464E64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.043 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827d91',
    500: '#514b65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b65;
$custom-light: #827d91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 14.773,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42908,
    "c": 0.04305,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.07721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B65

secondary

#8D9279

accent

#B870A7

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B65

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

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