#78909A#78909A

#78909A is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.031 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78909A
RGB	rgb(120, 144, 154)
HSL	hsl(198, 14%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 22%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, -6.19, -8.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 10.21, 232.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.022 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.031 225)
XYZ	xyz(23.5501, 26.2719, 34.3958)
Luminance	0.2627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78909A #9A8278

analogous

#789A93 #78909A #787F9A

triadic

#78909A #9A7890 #909A78

tetradic

#78909A #93789A #9A8278 #7F9A78

square

#78909A #93789A #9A8278 #7F9A78

split-complementary

#78909A #9A787F #9A9378

monochromatic

#415057 #5B717A #78909A #9BADB4 #BECACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#78909A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#78909A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #78909A

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78909A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78909A	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8F9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E9393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78909a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 144, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.031 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fb0b7',
    500: '#78909a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78909a;
$custom-light: #9fb0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78909a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 14.407,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63805,
    "c": 0.03117,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.26273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78909A

secondary

#BEB4B0

accent

#8571B7

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E1011

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #78909A

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

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