#78798E#78798E

#78798E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.032 H 283.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78798E
RGB	rgb(120, 121, 142)
HSL	hsl(237, 9%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(237, 15%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 14.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.41, 4.18, -11.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.41, 12.23, 289.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.26% 0.0073 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(58.26% 0.032 283.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.4645, 19.6206, 28.3476)
Luminance	0.1962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78798E #8E8D78

analogous

#78848E #78798E #82788E

triadic

#78798E #8E7879 #798E78

tetradic

#78798E #8E7884 #8E8D78 #788E82

square

#78798E #8E7884 #8E8D78 #788E82

split-complementary

#78798E #8E8278 #848E78

monochromatic

#40404C #5B5C6D #78798E #999AAA #BBBBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#78798E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#78798E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #78798E

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78798E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78798E	1.00	4.26	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78798e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 121, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.032 283.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9faf',
    500: '#78798e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78798e;
$custom-light: #9f9faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78798e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.273,
    "s": 8.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58261,
    "c": 0.032,
    "h": 283.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78798E

secondary

#B6B5AC

accent

#AF76B2

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78798E

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

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