#78697D#78697D

#78697D is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.036 H 317.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78697D
RGB	rgb(120, 105, 125)
HSL	hsl(285, 9%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(285, 16%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 16%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.41, 9.89, -8.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.41, 13.31, 317.95°)
OKLab	oklab(54.18% 0.0263 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(54.18% 0.036 317.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.4984, 15.5771, 21.5356)
Luminance	0.1558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78697D #6E7D69

analogous

#6E697D #78697D #7D6978

triadic

#78697D #7D7869 #697D78

tetradic

#78697D #7D6E69 #6E7D69 #69787D

square

#78697D #7D6E69 #6E7D69 #69787D

split-complementary

#78697D #787D69 #697D6E

monochromatic

#38313A #584D5C #78697D #96889B #B4A9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#78697D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#78697D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78697D

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78697D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78697D	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676D7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6E7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#786B70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78697d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 105, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.036 317.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f94a2',
    500: '#78697d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78697d;
$custom-light: #9f94a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78697d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 8.696,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54184,
    "c": 0.03553,
    "h": 317.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78697D

secondary

#9EA79B

accent

#B27685

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F1F3

border

#CCCBCD

text

#0E0D0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78697D

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

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