#515142

Color #515142

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark yellow.

Closest named color Dim Gray #696969 · ΔE 13.95 Nearest Tailwind class olive-700 #474739 · ΔE 3.4

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Conversions

HEX

#515142

RGB

rgb(81, 81, 66)

HSL

hsl(60, 10.2%, 28.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(60, 18.5%, 31.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 0%, 18.5%, 68.2%)

LAB

lab(34.04, -2.97, 8.85)

LCH

lch(34.04, 9.34, 108.55)

OKLCH

oklch(43%, 0.0238, 107.37)

HWB

hwb(60, 25.9%, 68.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#424251

Analogous

#514942

#515142

#495142

Triadic

#515142

#425151

#514251

Split-complementary

#515142

#424951

#494251

Tetradic

#515142

#425142

#424251

#514251

Square

#515142

#425149

#424251

#514249

Shades

Color #515142 mixed toward black.

#434337

#36362c

#282821

#1b1b16

#0d0d0b

Tints

Color #515142 mixed toward white.

#72725d

#92927a

#adad9b

#c9c9bc

#e4e4de

Tones

Color #515142 mixed toward gray.

#505043

#4e4e44

#4d4d46

#4c4c47

#4b4b48

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.61:1

White text reads better on this background (8.06:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#515146 · ΔE 1.9

Deuteranopia

#515147 · ΔE 2.4

Tritanopia

#51494a · ΔE 11.8

Achromatopsia

#505050 · ΔE 8.1

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #515142;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#515142]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#515142 (#515142) is rgb(81, 81, 66) in RGB.

No, #515142 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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