#78828E#78828E

#78828E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.022 H 253.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78828E
RGB	rgb(120, 130, 142)
HSL	hsl(213, 9%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(213, 15%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 8.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, -1.05, -7.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 7.78, 262.27°)
OKLab	oklab(60.24% -0.0064 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(60.24% 0.022 253)
XYZ	xyz(20.6097, 21.9110, 28.7293)
Luminance	0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78828E #8E8478

analogous

#788D8E #78828E #79788E

triadic

#78828E #8E7882 #828E78

tetradic

#78828E #8E788D #8E8478 #788E79

square

#78828E #8E788D #8E8478 #788E79

split-complementary

#78828E #8E7978 #8D8E78

monochromatic

#40454C #5B646D #78828E #99A1AA #BBC0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#78828E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#78828E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #78828E

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78828E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78828E	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E828F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B808E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#738586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78828e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 130, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.022 253.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa6af',
    500: '#78828e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78828e;
$custom-light: #9fa6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78828e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 8.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60241,
    "c": 0.02176,
    "h": 253
  },
  "luminance": 0.21911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78828E

secondary

#B6B1AC

accent

#9776B2

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F4

border

#CCCECE

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #78828E

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

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