#78779B#78779B

#78779B is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.055 H 285.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78779B
RGB	rgb(120, 119, 155)
HSL	hsl(242, 15%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(242, 23%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 23.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.33, 8.46, -19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.33, 21.00, 293.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% 0.015 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.055 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2575, 19.5529, 33.7108)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78779B #9A9B77

analogous

#77889B #78779B #8A779B

triadic

#78779B #9B7877 #779B78

tetradic

#78779B #9B7788 #9A9B77 #779B8A

square

#78779B #9B7788 #9A9B77 #779B8A

split-complementary

#78779B #9B8A77 #889B77

monochromatic

#414057 #5B5A7B #78779B #9B9AB5 #BEBECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#78779B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#78779B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #78779B

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78779B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78779B	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7B9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D799A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78779b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 119, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.055 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9eb8',
    500: '#78779b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78779b;
$custom-light: #9f9eb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78779b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.667,
    "s": 15.254,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58358,
    "c": 0.05481,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78779B

secondary

#BEBFAF

accent

#B870B6

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F6

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0E0E11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #78779B

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

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