#514B68#514B68

#514B68 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.0% C 0.048 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B68
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 104)
HSL	hsl(252, 16%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(252, 28%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 27.9%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.52, 9.32, -15.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.52, 18.46, 300.34°)
OKLab	oklab(43.05% 0.0193 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(43.05% 0.048 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4075, 7.7809, 14.1529)
Luminance	0.0778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B68 #62684B

analogous

#4B5368 #514B68 #5F4B68

triadic

#514B68 #68514B #4B6851

tetradic

#514B68 #684B53 #62684B #4B685F

square

#514B68 #684B53 #62684B #4B685F

split-complementary

#514B68 #685F4B #53684B

monochromatic

#1A1821 #353144 #514B68 #6D658C #8D86A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.22

#514B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#514B68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B68

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B68	1.00	8.22	2.56	8.22
#FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#444F69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#454E67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C5055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.0% 0.048 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827d93',
    500: '#514b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b68;
$custom-light: #827d93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.414,
    "s": 16.201,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43048,
    "c": 0.04784,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B68

secondary

#8F957A

accent

#B96FAA

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#EFEEF1

border

#CAC9CB

text

#0A090D

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B68

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

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