#514c66

Color #514c66

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 14.13 Nearest Tailwind class mauve-600 #594c5b · ΔE 5.6

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Conversions

HEX

#514c66

RGB

rgb(81, 76, 102)

HSL

hsl(251.5, 14.6%, 34.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(251.5, 25.5%, 40%)

CMYK

cmyk(20.6%, 25.5%, 0%, 60%)

LAB

lab(33.73, 8.16, -14.35)

LCH

lch(33.73, 16.51, 299.62)

OKLCH

oklch(43.2%, 0.0428, 293.39)

HWB

hwb(251.5, 29.8%, 60%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#61664c

Analogous

#4c5466

#514c66

#5e4c66

Triadic

#514c66

#66514c

#4c6651

Split-complementary

#514c66

#665e4c

#54664c

Tetradic

#514c66

#664c61

#61664c

#4c6651

Square

#514c66

#664c54

#61664c

#4c665e

Shades

Color #514c66 mixed toward black.

#433f55

#363344

#282633

#1b1922

#0d0d11

Tints

Color #514c66 mixed toward white.

#6a6486

#8680a0

#a5a0b8

#c3c0d0

#e1dfe7

Tones

Color #514c66 mixed toward gray.

#524e64

#545062

#55525f

#56555d

#58575b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.58:1

White text reads better on this background (8.15:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4f4f60 · ΔE 4.7

Deuteranopia

#4f505f · ΔE 5.8

Tritanopia

#515c5b · ΔE 17.5

Achromatopsia

#4f4f4f · ΔE 13.2

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #514c66;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#514c66]

Related colors

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Medium Purple #9370db

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#514c66 (#514c66) is rgb(81, 76, 102) in RGB.

No, #514c66 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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