#78799E#78799E

#78799E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.056 H 283.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78799E
RGB	rgb(120, 121, 158)
HSL	hsl(238, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(238, 24%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 23.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.99, 8.02, -19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.99, 21.50, 291.89°)
OKLab	oklab(58.91% 0.013 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(58.91% 0.056 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.7531, 20.1360, 35.1344)
Luminance	0.2014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78799E #9E9D78

analogous

#788C9E #78799E #8A789E

triadic

#78799E #9E7879 #799E78

tetradic

#78799E #9E788C #9E9D78 #789E8A

square

#78799E #9E788C #9E9D78 #789E8A

split-complementary

#78799E #9E8A78 #8C9E78

monochromatic

#41425B #5B5C7E #78799E #9C9CB8 #BFC0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#78799E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#78799E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #78799E

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78799E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78799E	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7DA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F7F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78799e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 121, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.056 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9fba',
    500: '#78799e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78799e;
$custom-light: #9f9fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78799e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.421,
    "s": 16.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5891,
    "c": 0.05633,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78799E

secondary

#C1C1B1

accent

#B76FB9

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F6

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0E0E11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #78799E

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

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