#78909E#78909E

#78909E is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.034 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78909E
RGB	rgb(120, 144, 158)
HSL	hsl(202, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(202, 24%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 8.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, -5.24, -10.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 11.48, 242.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% -0.0204 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.034 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8888, 26.4074, 36.1796)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78909E #9E8678

analogous

#789E99 #78909E #787D9E

triadic

#78909E #9E7890 #909E78

tetradic

#78909E #99789E #9E8678 #7D9E78

square

#78909E #99789E #9E8678 #7D9E78

split-complementary

#78909E #9E787D #9E9978

monochromatic

#41515B #5B717E #78909E #9CADB8 #BFCBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#78909E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#78909E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #78909E

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78909E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78909E	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D9494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78909e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 144, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.034 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fb0ba',
    500: '#78909e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78909e;
$custom-light: #9fb0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78909e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.105,
    "s": 16.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63948,
    "c": 0.03449,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78909E

secondary

#C1B7B1

accent

#8A6FB9

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E1011

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #78909E

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

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