#514956

Color #514956

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 10.27 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#514956

RGB

rgb(81, 73, 86)

HSL

hsl(276.9, 8.2%, 31.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(276.9, 15.1%, 33.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.8%, 15.1%, 0%, 66.3%)

LAB

lab(32.23, 6.16, -6.47)

LCH

lch(32.23, 8.93, 313.59)

OKLCH

oklch(41.8%, 0.0236, 312.42)

HWB

hwb(276.9, 28.6%, 66.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4e5649

Analogous

#4b4956

#514956

#564955

Triadic

#514956

#565149

#495651

Split-complementary

#514956

#555649

#49564b

Tetradic

#514956

#56494e

#4e5649

#495651

Square

#514956

#564b49

#4e5649

#495556

Shades

Color #514956 mixed toward black.

#443d48

#363139

#29252b

#1b181d

#0e0c0e

Tints

Color #514956 mixed toward white.

#6f6476

#8c8094

#a9a0ae

#c6c0c9

#e2dfe4

Tones

Color #514956 mixed toward gray.

#514a55

#514b54

#504c53

#504d52

#504e51

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.62:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.44:1

White text reads better on this background (8.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4e53 · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#4e4f52 · ΔE 8

Tritanopia

#515150 · ΔE 9.9

Achromatopsia

#4c4c4c · ΔE 9

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #514956;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#514956]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#514956 (#514956) is rgb(81, 73, 86) in RGB.

No, #514956 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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