#78799F#78799F

#78799F is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.058 H 283.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78799F
RGB	rgb(120, 121, 159)
HSL	hsl(238, 17%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(238, 25%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 23.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.03, 8.27, -20.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.03, 22.08, 291.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% 0.0133 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.058 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.8395, 20.1706, 35.5895)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78799F #9F9E78

analogous

#788C9F #78799F #8B789F

triadic

#78799F #9F7879 #799F78

tetradic

#78799F #9F788C #9F9E78 #789F8B

square

#78799F #9F788C #9F9E78 #789F8B

split-complementary

#78799F #9F8B78 #8C9F78

monochromatic

#41425C #5B5B7F #78799F #9C9DB8 #C0C0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#78799F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#78799F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #78799F

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78799F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78799F	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	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)

#6F7DA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F8086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78799f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 121, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.058 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9fbb',
    500: '#78799f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78799f;
$custom-light: #9f9fbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78799f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.462,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58953,
    "c": 0.05784,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78799F

secondary

#C2C1B1

accent

#B86EBA

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F6

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0E0E12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #78799F

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

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