#78786F#78786F

#78786F is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.014 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78786F
RGB	rgb(120, 120, 111)
HSL	hsl(60, 4%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 8%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 7.5%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.18, -1.75, 4.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.18, 5.24, 109.49°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% -0.0039 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.014 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.3311, 18.5738, 17.7079)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78786F #6F6F78

analogous

#78736F #78786F #73786F

triadic

#78786F #6F7878 #786F78

tetradic

#78786F #6F7873 #6F6F78 #786F73

square

#78786F #6F7873 #6F6F78 #786F73

split-complementary

#78786F #6F7378 #736F78

monochromatic

#383834 #585852 #78786F #96968E #B4B4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#78786F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#78786F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #78786F

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78786F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78786F	1.00	4.45	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.45	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)

#7A776F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A786F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78786f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 120, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.014 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9e98',
    500: '#78786f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78786f;
$custom-light: #9f9e98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78786f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 3.896,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56993,
    "c": 0.01351,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78786F

secondary

#9F9FA4

accent

#7BAD7B

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0E0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #78786F

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

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