#514659

Color #514659

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 12.52 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#514659

RGB

rgb(81, 70, 89)

HSL

hsl(274.7, 11.9%, 31.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(274.7, 21.3%, 34.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(9%, 21.3%, 0%, 65.1%)

LAB

lab(31.47, 8.78, -9.53)

LCH

lch(31.47, 12.96, 312.65)

OKLCH

oklch(41.3%, 0.0341, 310.84)

HWB

hwb(274.7, 27.5%, 65.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4e5946

Analogous

#484659

#514659

#594658

Triadic

#514659

#595146

#465951

Split-complementary

#514659

#585946

#465948

Tetradic

#514659

#59464e

#4e5946

#465951

Square

#514659

#594846

#4e5946

#465859

Shades

Color #514659 mixed toward black.

#443a4a

#362f3b

#29232d

#1b171e

#0e0c0f

Tints

Color #514659 mixed toward white.

#6f607a

#8c7c98

#a99db2

#c6becb

#e2dee5

Tones

Color #514659 mixed toward gray.

#514857

#514956

#504b54

#504c53

#504e51

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.86:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.37:1

White text reads better on this background (8.86:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4c4c55 · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#4d4e54 · ΔE 9.5

Tritanopia

#505151 · ΔE 12.5

Achromatopsia

#4a4a4a · ΔE 11.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #514659;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#514659]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#514659 (#514659) is rgb(81, 70, 89) in RGB.

No, #514659 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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