#514c54

Color #514c54

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.34 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 3.2

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Conversions

HEX

#514c54

RGB

rgb(81, 76, 84)

HSL

hsl(277.5, 5%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.5, 9.5%, 32.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.6%, 9.5%, 0%, 67.1%)

LAB

lab(33.05, 3.79, -3.97)

LCH

lch(33.05, 5.49, 313.67)

OKLCH

oklch(42.4%, 0.0145, 313.04)

HWB

hwb(277.5, 29.8%, 67.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4f544c

Analogous

#4d4c54

#514c54

#544c53

Triadic

#514c54

#54514c

#4c5451

Split-complementary

#514c54

#53544c

#4c544d

Tetradic

#514c54

#544c4f

#4f544c

#4c5451

Square

#514c54

#544d4c

#4f544c

#4c5354

Shades

Color #514c54 mixed toward black.

#443f46

#363338

#29262a

#1b191c

#0e0d0e

Tints

Color #514c54 mixed toward white.

#6f6873

#8c8590

#a9a3ac

#c5c2c8

#e2e0e3

Tones

Color #514c54 mixed toward gray.

#514d53

#514e52

#504f51

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.36:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.51:1

White text reads better on this background (8.36:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4f4f52 · ΔE 4.4

Deuteranopia

#4f5052 · ΔE 5.5

Tritanopia

#515150 · ΔE 6.8

Achromatopsia

#4e4e4e · ΔE 6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #514c54;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#514c54]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#514c54 (#514c54) is rgb(81, 76, 84) in RGB.

No, #514c54 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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