#514b62

Color #514b62

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 12.89 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 4.5

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Conversions

HEX

#514b62

RGB

rgb(81, 75, 98)

HSL

hsl(255.7, 13.3%, 33.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255.7, 23.5%, 38.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(17.3%, 23.5%, 0%, 61.6%)

LAB

lab(33.27, 7.78, -12.52)

LCH

lch(33.27, 14.74, 301.86)

OKLCH

oklch(42.8%, 0.0383, 296.7)

HWB

hwb(255.7, 29.4%, 61.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5c624b

Analogous

#4b5062

#514b62

#5c4b62

Triadic

#514b62

#62514b

#4b6251

Split-complementary

#514b62

#625c4b

#50624b

Tetradic

#514b62

#624b5c

#5c624b

#4b6251

Square

#514b62

#624b50

#5c624b

#4b625c

Shades

Color #514b62 mixed toward black.

#433e52

#363241

#282531

#1b1921

#0d0c10

Tints

Color #514b62 mixed toward white.

#6b6382

#88809e

#a5a0b6

#c3bfce

#e1dfe7

Tones

Color #514b62 mixed toward gray.

#524d60

#534f5e

#54515c

#55535a

#565558

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.29:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.53:1

White text reads better on this background (8.29:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4e4e5d · ΔE 4.8

Deuteranopia

#4f4f5c · ΔE 5.7

Tritanopia

#515958 · ΔE 15.9

Achromatopsia

#4e4e4e · ΔE 12.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #514b62;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#514b62]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#514b62 (#514b62) is rgb(81, 75, 98) in RGB.

No, #514b62 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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