#78706E#78706E

#78706E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.010 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78706E
RGB	rgb(120, 112, 110)
HSL	hsl(12, 4%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(12, 8%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 8.3%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.89, 2.71, 2.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.89, 3.51, 39.32°)
OKLab	oklab(55.18% 0.0087 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(55.18% 0.01 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.3541, 16.7074, 17.1121)
Luminance	0.1671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78706E #6E7678

analogous

#786E71 #78706E #78756E

triadic

#78706E #6E7870 #706E78

tetradic

#78706E #71786E #6E7678 #756E78

square

#78706E #71786E #6E7678 #756E78

split-complementary

#78706E #6E7875 #6E7178

monochromatic

#383433 #585251 #78706E #968F8D #B4AEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#78706E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#78706E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78706E

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78706E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78706E	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72716E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73726E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78706e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 112, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.010 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9997',
    500: '#78706e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78706e;
$custom-light: #9f9997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78706e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 4.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5518,
    "c": 0.01047,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78706E

secondary

#9EA3A4

accent

#A3AE7A

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0D0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #78706E

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

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