#78748C#78748C

#78748C is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.037 H 292.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78748C
RGB	rgb(120, 116, 140)
HSL	hsl(250, 9%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(250, 17%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 17.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.95, 6.66, -12.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.95, 14.17, 298.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% 0.0143 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.037 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7237, 18.3772, 27.3666)
Luminance	0.1838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78748C #888C74

analogous

#747C8C #78748C #84748C

triadic

#78748C #8C7874 #748C78

tetradic

#78748C #8C747C #888C74 #748C84

square

#78748C #8C747C #888C74 #748C84

split-complementary

#78748C #8C8474 #7C8C74

monochromatic

#3F3C49 #5B586B #78748C #9995A8 #B9B7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#78748C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#78748C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #78748C

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78748C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78748C	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F778D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F768B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#74787C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78748c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 116, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.037 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9cad',
    500: '#78748c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78748c;
$custom-light: #9f9cad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78748c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 9.449,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57103,
    "c": 0.03682,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78748C

secondary

#B1B3A9

accent

#B275A8

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78748C

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

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