#514B6E#514B6E

#514B6E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.057 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B6E
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 110)
HSL	hsl(250, 19%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(250, 32%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 31.8%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.79, 10.93, -19.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.79, 22.17, 299.54°)
OKLab	oklab(43.34% 0.0212 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(43.34% 0.057 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.7232, 7.9071, 15.8155)
Luminance	0.0791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B6E #686E4B

analogous

#4B576E #514B6E #634B6E

triadic

#514B6E #6E514B #4B6E51

tetradic

#514B6E #6E4B57 #686E4B #4B6E63

square

#514B6E #6E4B57 #686E4B #4B6E63

split-complementary

#514B6E #6E634B #576E4B

monochromatic

#1B1925 #36324A #514B6E #6C6492 #8D87AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.14

#514B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.58

#514B6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B6E

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B6E	1.00	8.14	2.58	8.14
#FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#42506F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#424F6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B5157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.057 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#827d97',
    500: '#514b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b6e;
$custom-light: #827d97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.286,
    "s": 18.919,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43341,
    "c": 0.05741,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B6E

secondary

#959A7B

accent

#BC6CAE

background

#F8F7F9

surface

#EFEEF2

border

#CAC9CC

text

#0A090D

muted

#7C7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B6E

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

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