Information about #51514F color
Basic facts about this digital color
The color #51514F reads as a muted, almost neutral grey and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Basalt (#524E50). Slightly further away sit Blast Grey (#54514D) and Knave (#50534C).
In RGB terms — rgb(81, 81, 79) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 8.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); black stays at 2.6:1. On paper it relies strongly on black ink (K:68), so proof dark layouts before a large print run. #51514F has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#51514F color variations
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#51514F color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#51514F color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#51514F color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#51514F color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#51514F color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #51514F color
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Nearest named colors to #51514F
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#524E50
#54514D
#50534C
#4E4E4F
#555350
#504E4B
#514F4A
#565051
#554D4F
#4E5552
#514E4A
#51574F
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#51514F
- RGB81, 81, 79
- CMYK0, 0, 1, 68
- CSSrgb(81, 81, 79)
- HSL60°, 1%, 31%
- HSL Precise60°, 1.25%, 31.373%
- HSV60°, 2%, 32%
- HSB60°, 2%, 32%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.318
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.318
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.310
- GLSLvec3(0.318, 0.318, 0.310)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.318, 0.318, 0.310, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.318, 0.318, 0.310)
- Percentage of Red in RGB31.8%
- Percentage of Green in RGB31.8%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB31%
- Color FamilyYellow
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID51514F
- DECIMAL ID5329231
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers5 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
