#78686E#78686E

#78686E is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.022 H 353.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78686E
RGB	rgb(120, 104, 110)
HSL	hsl(338, 7%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(338, 13%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 8.3%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.66, 7.45, -1.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.66, 7.52, 352.18°)
OKLab	oklab(53.44% 0.022 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(53.44% 0.022 353.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.5103, 15.0198, 16.8309)
Luminance	0.1502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78686E #687872

analogous

#786876 #78686E #786A68

triadic

#78686E #6E7868 #686E78

tetradic

#78686E #767868 #687872 #6A6878

square

#78686E #767868 #687872 #6A6878

split-complementary

#78686E #68786A #687678

monochromatic

#362F32 #574C50 #78686E #97878D #B3A7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#78686E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#78686E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78686E

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78686E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78686E	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696B6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6D6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B686A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78686e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 104, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.022 353.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9397',
    500: '#78686e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78686e;
$custom-light: #9f9397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78686e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 337.5,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5344,
    "c": 0.0221,
    "h": 353.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78686E

secondary

#99A39F

accent

#B09B78

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F1F2

border

#CCCBCC

text

#0E0D0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #78686E

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

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