What color is #78828A?

#78828A is a gray, closest to the named color Serious Cloud. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #78828A?

The RGB value is 120, 130, 138: 120 red, 130 green and 138 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #78828A?

The complementary color is #8A8078, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #78828A?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.36:1 and white text 3.92:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#78828A color

#78828A rgb(120, 130, 138)

Shades of gray

The hex color #78828A is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 47.1% red, 51% green and 54.1% blue (120, 130, 138).

Its hue angle is 207°, with 7% saturation and 51% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 13% cyan, 6% magenta, 0% yellow and 46% black.

The closest named color is Serious Cloud (#7D848B), a difference of 1.6 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.36:1).

#78828A color codes

HEX	`#78828A`
RGB	`rgb(120, 130, 138)`
RGB percent	`rgb(47.1%, 51%, 54.1%)`
HSL	`hsl(207, 7%, 51%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(207, 13%, 54%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(13%, 6%, 0%, 46%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(53.81, -1.94, -5.57)`
CIE LCH	`lch(53.81, 5.9, 250.75)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(20.315, 21.793, 27.176)`
Decimal	`7897738`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #78828A, 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 #78828A	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.36:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.92:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#78828A as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.92:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.36:1	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 #78828A looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #78828a; }
.text { color: #78828a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #78828a; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(120 130 138 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #78828a, #78798a); }

Background

Text color

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Questions

What color is #78828A?: #78828A is a gray, closest to the named color Serious Cloud. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #78828A?: The RGB value is 120, 130, 138: 120 red, 130 green and 138 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #78828A?: The complementary color is #8A8078, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #78828A?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.36:1 and white text 3.92:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.