#78989F#78989F

#78989F is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.037 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78989F
RGB	rgb(120, 152, 159)
HSL	hsl(191, 17%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(191, 25%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 4.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, -9.43, -7.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 11.94, 217.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% -0.0313 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.037 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2301, 28.9517, 37.0531)
Luminance	0.2895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78989F #9F7F78

analogous

#789F93 #78989F #78859F

triadic

#78989F #9F7898 #989F78

tetradic

#78989F #93789F #9F7F78 #859F78

square

#78989F #93789F #9F7F78 #859F78

split-complementary

#78989F #9F7885 #9F9378

monochromatic

#41575C #5B797F #78989F #9CB3B8 #C0CFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#78989F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#78989F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #78989F

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78989F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78989F	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92969F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B909F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6C9B9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78989f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 152, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.037 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0b6bb',
    500: '#78989f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78989f;
$custom-light: #a0b6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78989f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.769,
    "s": 16.883,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65792,
    "c": 0.03707,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78989F

secondary

#C2B4B1

accent

#7C6EBA

background

#F9FBFB

surface

#F2F6F6

border

#CCD0D0

text

#0E1111

muted

#7E8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #78989F

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

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