#78727E#78727E

#78727E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.020 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78727E
RGB	rgb(120, 114, 126)
HSL	hsl(270, 5%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(270, 10%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 9.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.93, 4.75, -5.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.93, 7.47, 309.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.15% 0.0121 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(56.15% 0.02 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5283, 17.5341, 22.1956)
Luminance	0.1753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78727E #787E72

analogous

#72727E #78727E #7E727E

triadic

#78727E #7E7872 #727E78

tetradic

#78727E #7E7272 #787E72 #727E7E

square

#78727E #7E7272 #787E72 #727E7E

split-complementary

#78727E #7E7E72 #727E72

monochromatic

#3B383E #59555E #78727E #97919C #B5B2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#78727E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#78727E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78727E

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78727E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78727E	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70747F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71747E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78727e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 114, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.020 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9aa3',
    500: '#78727e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78727e;
$custom-light: #9f9aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78727e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56149,
    "c": 0.01957,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78727E

secondary

#A6A9A3

accent

#AE7A94

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F3

border

#CCCCCD

text

#0E0E0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78727E

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

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