#514d59

Color #514d59

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning dark purple.

Closest named color Charcoal #36454f · ΔE 9.26 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-600 #52525c · ΔE 2.9

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Conversions

HEX

#514d59

RGB

rgb(81, 77, 89)

HSL

hsl(260, 7.2%, 32.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(260, 13.5%, 34.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(9%, 13.5%, 0%, 65.1%)

LAB

lab(33.52, 4.31, -6.45)

LCH

lch(33.52, 7.76, 303.75)

OKLCH

oklch(42.9%, 0.0201, 300.77)

HWB

hwb(260, 30.2%, 65.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#55594d

Analogous

#4d4f59

#514d59

#574d59

Triadic

#514d59

#59514d

#4d5951

Split-complementary

#514d59

#59574d

#4f594d

Tetradic

#514d59

#594d55

#55594d

#4d5951

Square

#514d59

#594d4f

#55594d

#4d5957

Shades

Color #514d59 mixed toward black.

#43404a

#36333b

#28262c

#1b1a1e

#0d0d0f

Tints

Color #514d59 mixed toward white.

#6d6878

#898495

#a7a3af

#c4c1ca

#e2e0e4

Tones

Color #514d59 mixed toward gray.

#514e58

#524f57

#525056

#525155

#535254

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

8.22:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.56:1

White text reads better on this background (8.22:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4f4f56 · ΔE 3.7

Deuteranopia

#505056 · ΔE 4.2

Tritanopia

#515454 · ΔE 8.9

Achromatopsia

#4f4f4f · ΔE 7.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #514d59;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#514d59]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Frequently asked questions

#514d59 (#514d59) is rgb(81, 77, 89) in RGB.

No, #514d59 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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