What color is #78787B?

#78787B is a gray, closest to the named color Lucky Gray. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #78787B?

The RGB value is 120, 120, 123: 120 red, 120 green and 123 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #78787B?

The complementary color is #7B7B78, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #78787B?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.77:1 and white text 4.4:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#78787B color

#78787B rgb(120, 120, 123)

Shades of gray

The hex color #78787B is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 47.1% red, 47.1% green and 48.2% blue (120, 120, 123).

Its hue angle is 240°, with 1% saturation and 48% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 2% cyan, 2% magenta, 0% yellow and 52% black.

The closest named color is Lucky Gray (#777777), a difference of 1.9 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 4.77:1).

#78787B color codes

HEX	`#78787B`
RGB	`rgb(120, 120, 123)`
RGB percent	`rgb(47.1%, 47.1%, 48.2%)`
HSL	`hsl(240, 1%, 48%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(240, 2%, 48%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(2%, 2%, 0%, 52%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(50.52, 0.61, -1.64)`
CIE LCH	`lch(50.52, 1.75, 290.4)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(18.037, 18.856, 21.424)`
Decimal	`7895163`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #78787B, 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 #78787B	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.77:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.4:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#78787B as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.4:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.77:1	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 #78787B looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #78787b; }
.text { color: #78787b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #78787b; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(120 120 123 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #78787b, #79787b); }

Background

Text color

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Questions

What color is #78787B?: #78787B is a gray, closest to the named color Lucky Gray. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #78787B?: The RGB value is 120, 120, 123: 120 red, 120 green and 123 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #78787B?: The complementary color is #7B7B78, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #78787B?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 4.77:1 and white text 4.4:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.