#78686C#78686C

#78686C is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.021 H 0.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78686C
RGB	rgb(120, 104, 108)
HSL	hsl(345, 7%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(345, 13%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 10%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.60, 7.07, 0.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.60, 7.07, 0.76°)
OKLab	oklab(53.37% 0.0211 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(53.37% 0.021 0.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.4026, 14.9767, 16.2639)
Luminance	0.1498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78686C #687874

analogous

#786874 #78686C #786C68

triadic

#78686C #6C7868 #686C78

tetradic

#78686C #747868 #687874 #6C6878

square

#78686C #747868 #687874 #6C6878

split-complementary

#78686C #68786C #687478

monochromatic

#362F31 #574C4E #78686C #97878B #B3A7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#78686C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#78686C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78686C

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78686C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78686C	1.00	5.26	4.00	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6A6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6D6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6769

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78686c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 104, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.021 0.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9396',
    500: '#78686c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78686c;
$custom-light: #9f9396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78686c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53374,
    "c": 0.02112,
    "h": 0.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78686C

secondary

#99A3A0

accent

#B0A278

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F1F1

border

#CCCBCB

text

#0E0D0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #78686C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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