#78807E#78807E

#78807E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.010 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78807E
RGB	rgb(120, 128, 126)
HSL	hsl(165, 3%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 6%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 0%, 1.6%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, -3.37, 0.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 3.37, 178.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% -0.01 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.01 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.2300, 20.9376, 22.7629)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78807E #80787A

analogous

#78807A #78807E #787E80

triadic

#78807E #7E7880 #807E78

tetradic

#78807E #7A7880 #80787A #7E8078

square

#78807E #7A7880 #80787A #7E8078

split-complementary

#78807E #80787E #807A78

monochromatic

#3D4140 #5A605F #78807E #979E9C #B7BBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#78807E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#78807E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #78807E

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78807E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78807E	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7F7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7E7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#76807F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78807e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 128, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.010 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa4a3',
    500: '#78807e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78807e;
$custom-light: #9fa4a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78807e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 3.226,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59254,
    "c": 0.00997,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78807E

secondary

#ACA8A9

accent

#7B88AC

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F3

border

#CCCECD

text

#0E0F0F

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78807E

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

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