#78786E#78786E

#78786E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.015 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78786E
RGB	rgb(120, 120, 110)
HSL	hsl(60, 4%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 8%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 8.3%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.16, -1.94, 5.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.16, 5.82, 109.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% -0.0043 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.015 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.2763, 18.5519, 17.4196)
Luminance	0.1855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78786E #6E6E78

analogous

#78736E #78786E #73786E

triadic

#78786E #6E7878 #786E78

tetradic

#78786E #6E7873 #6E6E78 #786E73

square

#78786E #6E7873 #6E6E78 #786E73

split-complementary

#78786E #6E7378 #736E78

monochromatic

#383833 #585851 #78786E #96968D #B4B4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#78786E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#78786E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #78786E

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78786E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78786E	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)

#7A776D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A786E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78786e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 120, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.015 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9e97',
    500: '#78786e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78786e;
$custom-light: #9f9e97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78786e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 4.348,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56964,
    "c": 0.015,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78786E

secondary

#9E9EA4

accent

#7AAE7A

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0E0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #78786E

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

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