#78746E#78746E

#78746E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.010 H 78.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78746E
RGB	rgb(120, 116, 110)
HSL	hsl(36, 4%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(36, 8%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 8.3%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.02, 0.38, 3.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.02, 3.87, 84.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.07% 0.0021 0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(56.07% 0.01 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8053, 17.6098, 17.2625)
Luminance	0.1761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78746E #6E7278

analogous

#786F6E #78746E #77786E

triadic

#78746E #6E7874 #746E78

tetradic

#78746E #6E786F #6E7278 #786E77

square

#78746E #6E786F #6E7278 #786E77

split-complementary

#78746E #6E7778 #6F6E78

monochromatic

#383633 #585551 #78746E #96938D #B4B1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#78746E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#78746E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78746E

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78746E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78746E	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76746E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77756E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78746e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 116, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.010 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9c97',
    500: '#78746e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78746e;
$custom-light: #9f9c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78746e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 4.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56067,
    "c": 0.01036,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78746E

secondary

#9EA0A4

accent

#8FAE7A

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0E0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #78746E

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

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