#514B6D#514B6D

#514B6D is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.056 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B6D
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 109)
HSL	hsl(251, 18%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(251, 31%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 31.2%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.74, 10.66, -18.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.74, 21.55, 299.64°)
OKLab	oklab(43.29% 0.0209 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(43.29% 0.056 292)
XYZ	xyz(8.6691, 7.8855, 15.5304)
Luminance	0.0789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B6D #676D4B

analogous

#4B566D #514B6D #624B6D

triadic

#514B6D #6D514B #4B6D51

tetradic

#514B6D #6D4B56 #676D4B #4B6D62

square

#514B6D #6D4B56 #676D4B #4B6D62

split-complementary

#514B6D #6D624B #566D4B

monochromatic

#1B1924 #363249 #514B6D #6C6491 #8D86AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.15

#514B6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#514B6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B6D

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B6D	1.00	8.15	2.58	8.15
#FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#42506E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#434F6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.056 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827d97',
    500: '#514b6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b6d;
$custom-light: #827d97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 18.478,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43291,
    "c": 0.05582,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.07886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B6D

secondary

#94997B

accent

#BB6DAD

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#EFEEF2

border

#CAC9CC

text

#0A090D

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B6D

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

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