#78996E#78996E

#78996E is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.072 H 138.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78996E
RGB	rgb(120, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(106, 17%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(106, 28%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 0%, 28.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, -19.95, 18.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 27.53, 136.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% -0.0543 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.072 138.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9508, 27.9008, 18.9777)
Luminance	0.2790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78996E #8F6E99

analogous

#8E996E #78996E #6E997A

triadic

#78996E #6E7899 #996E78

tetradic

#78996E #6E8E99 #8F6E99 #997A6E

square

#78996E #6E8E99 #8F6E99 #997A6E

split-complementary

#78996E #7A6E99 #996E8E

monochromatic

#40533A #5C7653 #78996E #99B292 #BBCCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#78996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#78996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #78996E

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78996E	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C926B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978F70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#77968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.072 138.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fb797',
    500: '#78996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78996e;
$custom-light: #9fb797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 106.047,
    "s": 17.409,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64635,
    "c": 0.07246,
    "h": 138.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78996E

secondary

#B6A8BB

accent

#6EBAA8

background

#F9FBF9

surface

#F2F6F2

border

#CCD0CC

text

#0E110D

muted

#7E807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #78996E

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

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