What color is #78817A?

#78817A is a gray, closest to the named color Armour. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #78817A?

The RGB value is 120, 129, 122: 120 red, 129 green and 122 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #78817A?

The complementary color is #81787F, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #78817A?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.22:1 and white text 4.02:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#78817A color

#78817A rgb(120, 129, 122)

Shades of gray

The hex color #78817A is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 47.1% red, 50.6% green and 47.8% blue (120, 129, 122).

Its hue angle is 133°, with 4% saturation and 49% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 7% cyan, 0% magenta, 5% yellow and 49% black.

The closest named color is Armour (#74857F), a difference of 3.4 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.22:1).

#78817A color codes

HEX	`#78817A`
RGB	`rgb(120, 129, 122)`
RGB percent	`rgb(47.1%, 50.6%, 47.8%)`
HSL	`hsl(133, 4%, 49%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(133, 7%, 51%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(7%, 0%, 5%, 49%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(53.06, -4.75, 2.65)`
CIE LCH	`lch(53.06, 5.44, 150.89)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(19.108, 21.099, 21.474)`
Decimal	`7897466`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #78817A, 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 #78817A	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.22:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.02:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#78817A as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.02:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.22:1	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 #78817A looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #78817a; }
.text { color: #78817a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #78817a; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(120 129 122 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #78817a, #78817f); }

Background

Text color

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Questions

What color is #78817A?: #78817A is a gray, closest to the named color Armour. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #78817A?: The RGB value is 120, 129, 122: 120 red, 129 green and 122 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #78817A?: The complementary color is #81787F, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #78817A?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.22:1 and white text 4.02:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.