#78728A#78728A

#78728A is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.037 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78728A
RGB	rgb(120, 114, 138)
HSL	hsl(255, 10%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(255, 17%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 17.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.33, 7.39, -12.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.33, 14.32, 301.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.6% 0.0167 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(56.6% 0.037 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.3496, 17.8626, 26.5209)
Luminance	0.1786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78728A #848A72

analogous

#72788A #78728A #84728A

triadic

#78728A #8A7872 #728A78

tetradic

#78728A #8A7278 #848A72 #728A84

square

#78728A #8A7278 #848A72 #728A84

split-complementary

#78728A #8A8472 #788A72

monochromatic

#3E3B47 #5B5668 #78728A #9893A6 #B8B5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#78728A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#78728A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78728A

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78728A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78728A	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D758B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75757A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78728a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 114, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.037 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9aac',
    500: '#78728a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78728a;
$custom-light: #9f9aac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78728a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56597,
    "c": 0.0372,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78728A

secondary

#AFB1A6

accent

#B375A3

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78728A

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

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