#514B66#514B66

#514B66 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.045 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B66
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 102)
HSL	hsl(253, 15%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(253, 26%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 26.5%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.44, 8.80, -14.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.44, 17.22, 300.74°)
OKLab	oklab(42.95% 0.0186 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(42.95% 0.045 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.3072, 7.7407, 13.6243)
Luminance	0.0774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B66 #60664B

analogous

#4B5366 #514B66 #5F4B66

triadic

#514B66 #66514B #4B6651

tetradic

#514B66 #664B53 #60664B #4B665F

square

#514B66 #664B53 #60664B #4B665F

split-complementary

#514B66 #665F4B #53664B

monochromatic

#19171F #353143 #514B66 #6D6589 #8D86A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.24

#514B66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#514B66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B66

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B66	1.00	8.24	2.55	8.24
#FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#454F67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#464E65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D4F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.045 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827d91',
    500: '#514b66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b66;
$custom-light: #827d91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 15.254,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42954,
    "c": 0.04464,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B66

secondary

#8E937A

accent

#B870A8

background

#F7F7F8

surface

#EEEEF0

border

#C9C9CB

text

#0A090C

muted

#7C7B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B66

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

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