#786E8E#786E8E

#786E8E is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.050 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#786E8E
RGB	rgb(120, 110, 142)
HSL	hsl(259, 13%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(259, 23%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 22.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.38, 10.69, -16.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.38, 19.30, 303.65°)
OKLab	oklab(55.91% 0.0244 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(55.91% 0.05 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.2031, 17.0979, 27.9272)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#786E8E #848E6E

analogous

#6E748E #786E8E #886E8E

triadic

#786E8E #8E786E #6E8E78

tetradic

#786E8E #8E6E74 #848E6E #6E8E88

square

#786E8E #8E6E74 #848E6E #6E8E88

split-complementary

#786E8E #8E886E #748E6E

monochromatic

#3E3949 #5B536C #786E8E #9890A9 #B8B3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#786E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#786E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #786E8E

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##786E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##786E8E	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68738F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69738D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #786e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 110, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.050 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f97af',
    500: '#786e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #786e8e;
$custom-light: #9f97af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#786e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 12.698,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55911,
    "c": 0.05013,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#786E8E

secondary

#AFB3A5

accent

#B672A1

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #786E8E

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

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