#78788E#78788E

#78788E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.033 H 285.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78788E
RGB	rgb(120, 120, 142)
HSL	hsl(240, 9%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(240, 15%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.13, 4.76, -11.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.13, 12.83, 291.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% 0.0088 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.033 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.3436, 19.3788, 28.3073)
Luminance	0.1938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78788E #8E8E78

analogous

#78838E #78788E #83788E

triadic

#78788E #8E7878 #788E78

tetradic

#78788E #8E7883 #8E8E78 #788E83

square

#78788E #8E7883 #8E8E78 #788E83

split-complementary

#78788E #8E8378 #838E78

monochromatic

#40404C #5B5B6D #78788E #9999AA #BBBBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#78788E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#78788E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #78788E

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78788E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78788E	1.00	4.31	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78788e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 120, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.033 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9eaf',
    500: '#78788e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78788e;
$custom-light: #9f9eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78788e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 8.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58044,
    "c": 0.03349,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78788E

secondary

#B6B6AC

accent

#B276B2

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78788E

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

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