#786E85#786E85

#786E85 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.037 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#786E85
RGB	rgb(120, 110, 133)
HSL	hsl(266, 9%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(266, 17%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 17.3%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, 8.64, -11.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 14.16, 307.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.55% 0.0212 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(55.55% 0.037 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5545, 16.8384, 24.5111)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#786E85 #7B856E

analogous

#6E6F85 #786E85 #836E85

triadic

#786E85 #85786E #6E8578

tetradic

#786E85 #856E6F #7B856E #6E8583

square

#786E85 #856E6F #7B856E #6E8583

split-complementary

#786E85 #85836E #6F856E

monochromatic

#3C3742 #5A5264 #786E85 #978EA2 #B6B0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#786E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#786E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #786E85

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##786E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##786E85	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A7286

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7284

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #786e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 110, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.037 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f97a8',
    500: '#786e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #786e85;
$custom-light: #9f97a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#786e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 9.465,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55549,
    "c": 0.03699,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#786E85

secondary

#A8ADA2

accent

#B27598

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0D0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #786E85

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

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