#78786D#78786D

#78786D is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.016 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78786D
RGB	rgb(120, 120, 109)
HSL	hsl(60, 5%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 9%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 9.2%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.13, -2.12, 6.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.13, 6.41, 109.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% -0.0048 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.016 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.2222, 18.5302, 17.1344)
Luminance	0.1853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78786D #6D6D78

analogous

#78736D #78786D #73786D

triadic

#78786D #6D7878 #786D78

tetradic

#78786D #6D7873 #6D6D78 #786D73

square

#78786D #6D7873 #6D6D78 #786D73

split-complementary

#78786D #6D7378 #736D78

monochromatic

#383833 #585850 #78786D #96968C #B4B4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#78786D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#78786D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #78786D

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78786D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78786D	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A776C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A786D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7675

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78786d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 120, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.016 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9e96',
    500: '#78786d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78786d;
$custom-light: #9f9e96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78786d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 4.803,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56935,
    "c": 0.01648,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78786D

secondary

#9D9DA4

accent

#7AAE7A

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0E0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #78786D

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

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