What color is #757F78?

#757F78 is a gray, closest to the named color Smoke. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #757F78?

The RGB value is 117, 127, 120: 117 red, 127 green and 120 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #757F78?

The complementary color is #7F757C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #757F78?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.06:1 and white text 4.15:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#757F78 color

#757F78 rgb(117, 127, 120)

Shades of gray

The hex color #757F78 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 45.9% red, 49.8% green and 47.1% blue (117, 127, 120).

Its hue angle is 138°, with 4% saturation and 48% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 6% yellow and 50% black.

The closest named color is Smoke (#738276), a difference of 3.3 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.06:1).

#757F78 color codes

HEX	`#757F78`
RGB	`rgb(117, 127, 120)`
RGB percent	`rgb(45.9%, 49.8%, 47.1%)`
HSL	`hsl(138, 4%, 48%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(138, 8%, 50%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(8%, 0%, 6%, 50%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(52.19, -5.14, 2.53)`
CIE LCH	`lch(52.19, 5.73, 153.76)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(18.315, 20.317, 20.722)`
Decimal	`7700344`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #757F78, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #757F78	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.06:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.15:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#757F78 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.15:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.06:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #757F78 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #757f78; }
.text { color: #757f78; }
.border { border: 2px solid #757f78; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(117 127 120 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #757f78, #757f7d); }

Background

Text color

Border

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Questions

What color is #757F78?: #757F78 is a gray, closest to the named color Smoke. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #757F78?: The RGB value is 117, 127, 120: 117 red, 127 green and 120 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #757F78?: The complementary color is #7F757C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #757F78?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.06:1 and white text 4.15:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.