#78808A#78808A

#78808A is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.018 H 254.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78808A
RGB	rgb(120, 128, 138)
HSL	hsl(213, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(213, 13%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 7.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.24, -0.80, -6.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.24, 6.46, 262.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% -0.005 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.018 254)
XYZ	xyz(20.0513, 21.2661, 27.0882)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78808A #8A8278

analogous

#78898A #78808A #79788A

triadic

#78808A #8A7880 #808A78

tetradic

#78808A #8A7889 #8A8278 #788A79

square

#78808A #8A7889 #8A8278 #788A79

split-complementary

#78808A #8A7978 #898A78

monochromatic

#3F4349 #5B6269 #78808A #999FA6 #BABEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#78808A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#78808A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #78808A

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78808A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78808A	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D808B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#748283

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78808a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 128, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.018 254.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa4ac',
    500: '#78808a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78808a;
$custom-light: #9fa4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78808a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59655,
    "c": 0.01797,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.21266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78808A

secondary

#B3AFAB

accent

#9778B0

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F4

border

#CCCECE

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78808A

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

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