#78728C#78728C

#78728C is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.040 H 295.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78728C
RGB	rgb(120, 114, 140)
HSL	hsl(254, 10%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(254, 19%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 18.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.40, 7.85, -13.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.40, 15.48, 300.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.0174 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.04 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.4957, 17.9211, 27.2906)
Luminance	0.1792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78728C #868C72

analogous

#72798C #78728C #85728C

triadic

#78728C #8C7872 #728C78

tetradic

#78728C #8C7279 #868C72 #728C85

square

#78728C #8C7279 #868C72 #728C85

split-complementary

#78728C #8C8572 #798C72

monochromatic

#3E3B49 #5B576A #78728C #9894A8 #B9B5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#78728C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#78728C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #78728C

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78728C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78728C	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D768D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D758B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74767B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78728c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 114, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.040 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9aad',
    500: '#78728c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78728c;
$custom-light: #9f9aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78728c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 10.236,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56675,
    "c": 0.0402,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78728C

secondary

#B0B3A7

accent

#B375A5

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78728C

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

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