#78788A#78788A

#78788A is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.027 H 285.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78788A
RGB	rgb(120, 120, 138)
HSL	hsl(240, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(240, 13%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 13%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.99, 3.85, -9.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.99, 10.50, 291.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.89% 0.0073 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(57.89% 0.027 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0487, 19.2608, 26.7540)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78788A #8A8A78

analogous

#78818A #78788A #81788A

triadic

#78788A #8A7878 #788A78

tetradic

#78788A #8A7881 #8A8A78 #788A81

square

#78788A #8A7881 #8A8A78 #788A81

split-complementary

#78788A #8A8178 #818A78

monochromatic

#3F3F49 #5B5B69 #78788A #9999A6 #BABAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#78788A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#78788A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #78788A

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78788A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78788A	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747A8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747B7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78788a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 120, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.027 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9eac',
    500: '#78788a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78788a;
$custom-light: #9f9eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78788a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57892,
    "c": 0.02739,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78788A

secondary

#B3B3AB

accent

#B078B0

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78788A

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

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