#78779E#78779E

#78779E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.059 H 285.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78779E
RGB	rgb(120, 119, 158)
HSL	hsl(242, 17%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(242, 25%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 24.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.44, 9.20, -20.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.44, 22.74, 293.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% 0.0159 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.059 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5126, 19.6550, 35.0542)
Luminance	0.1966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#78779E #9D9E77

analogous

#778A9E #78779E #8C779E

triadic

#78779E #9E7877 #779E78

tetradic

#78779E #9E778A #9D9E77 #779E8C

square

#78779E #9E778A #9D9E77 #779E8C

split-complementary

#78779E #9E8C77 #8A9E77

monochromatic

#41405A #5B5A7E #78779E #9B9BB7 #BFBED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#78779E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#78779E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #78779E

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78779E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78779E	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D7CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C799D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78779e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 119, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.059 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9eba',
    500: '#78779e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78779e;
$custom-light: #9f9eba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78779e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 241.538,
    "s": 16.738,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58487,
    "c": 0.05935,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78779E

secondary

#C0C1B0

accent

#B96EB8

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F6

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0E0E11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #78779E

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

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