#515054

Color #515054

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark blue.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.38 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-600 #525252 · ΔE 2.8

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Conversions

HEX

#515054

RGB

rgb(81, 80, 84)

HSL

hsl(255, 2.4%, 32.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(255, 4.8%, 32.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(3.6%, 4.8%, 0%, 67.1%)

LAB

lab(34.25, 1.28, -2.2)

LCH

lch(34.25, 2.55, 300.19)

OKLCH

oklch(43.4%, 0.0067, 297.72)

HWB

hwb(255, 31.4%, 67.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#535450

Analogous

#505154

#515054

#535054

Triadic

#515054

#545150

#505451

Split-complementary

#515054

#545350

#515450

Tetradic

#515054

#545053

#535450

#505451

Square

#515054

#545051

#535450

#505453

Shades

Color #515054 mixed toward black.

#444346

#363538

#29282a

#1b1b1c

#0e0d0e

Tints

Color #515054 mixed toward white.

#6e6c72

#8a898f

#a8a6ab

#c5c4c7

#e2e1e3

Tones

Color #515054 mixed toward gray.

#515054

#515153

#525153

#525252

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.63:1

White text reads better on this background (8:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#515153 · ΔE 1.5

Deuteranopia

#515153 · ΔE 1.5

Tritanopia

#515252 · ΔE 3.1

Achromatopsia

#515151 · ΔE 2.7

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #515054;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#515054]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Frequently asked questions

#515054 (#515054) is rgb(81, 80, 84) in RGB.

No, #515054 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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