#514d53

Color #514d53

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.36 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 3.1

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Conversions

HEX

#514d53

RGB

rgb(81, 77, 83)

HSL

hsl(280, 3.8%, 31.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(280, 7.2%, 32.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.4%, 7.2%, 0%, 67.5%)

LAB

lab(33.31, 2.94, -2.95)

LCH

lch(33.31, 4.16, 314.9)

OKLCH

oklch(42.6%, 0.011, 315)

HWB

hwb(280, 30.2%, 67.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#4f534d

Analogous

#4e4d53

#514d53

#534d52

Triadic

#514d53

#53514d

#4d5351

Split-complementary

#514d53

#52534d

#4d534e

Tetradic

#514d53

#534d4f

#4f534d

#4d5351

Square

#514d53

#534e4d

#4f534d

#4d5253

Shades

Color #514d53 mixed toward black.

#444045

#363337

#29272a

#1b1a1c

#0e0d0e

Tints

Color #514d53 mixed toward white.

#6f6971

#8c868f

#a9a4ab

#c5c2c7

#e2e1e3

Tones

Color #514d53 mixed toward gray.

#514e53

#514e52

#514f52

#504f51

#505051

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.28:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.54:1

White text reads better on this background (8.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4f4f52 · ΔE 3.2

Deuteranopia

#505051 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#515050 · ΔE 4.4

Achromatopsia

#4e4e4e · ΔE 4.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #514d53;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#514d53]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Frequently asked questions

#514d53 (#514d53) is rgb(81, 77, 83) in RGB.

No, #514d53 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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