#78697B#78697B

#78697B is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.033 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78697B
RGB	rgb(120, 105, 123)
HSL	hsl(290, 8%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(290, 15%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 14.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.35, 9.46, -7.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.35, 12.27, 320.43°)
OKLab	oklab(54.11% 0.0255 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(54.11% 0.033 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.3719, 15.5265, 20.8695)
Luminance	0.1553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78697B #6C7B69

analogous

#6F697B #78697B #7B6975

triadic

#78697B #7B7869 #697B78

tetradic

#78697B #7B6F69 #6C7B69 #69757B

square

#78697B #7B6F69 #6C7B69 #69757B

split-complementary

#78697B #757B69 #697B6F

monochromatic

#383139 #584D5A #78697B #968899 #B3A9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#78697B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#78697B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78697B

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78697B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78697B	1.00	5.12	4.11	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676D7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6E7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#796B6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78697b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 105, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.033 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f93a1',
    500: '#78697b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78697b;
$custom-light: #9f93a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78697b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 7.895,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54109,
    "c": 0.03299,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78697B

secondary

#9CA59B

accent

#B17781

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F1F2

border

#CCCBCC

text

#0E0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #78697B

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

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