What color is #78877B?

#78877B is a gray, closest to the named color Smoke. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #78877B?

The RGB value is 120, 135, 123: 120 red, 135 green and 123 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #78877B?

The complementary color is #877884, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #78877B?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.55:1 and white text 3.78:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#78877B color

#78877B rgb(120, 135, 123)

Shades of gray

The hex color #78877B is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 47.1% red, 52.9% green and 48.2% blue (120, 135, 123).

Its hue angle is 132°, with 6% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 11% cyan, 0% magenta, 9% yellow and 47% black.

The closest named color is Smoke (#738276), a difference of 1.9 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.55:1).

#78877B color codes

HEX	`#78877B`
RGB	`rgb(120, 135, 123)`
RGB percent	`rgb(47.1%, 52.9%, 48.2%)`
HSL	`hsl(132, 6%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(132, 11%, 53%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(11%, 0%, 9%, 47%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(54.81, -7.92, 4.6)`
CIE LCH	`lch(54.81, 9.16, 149.83)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(19.984, 22.751, 22.074)`
Decimal	`7899003`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #78877B, 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 #78877B	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.55:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.78:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#78877B as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.78:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.55:1	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 #78877B looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #78877b; }
.text { color: #78877b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #78877b; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(120 135 123 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #78877b, #788783); }

Background

Text color

Border

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Questions

What color is #78877B?: #78877B is a gray, closest to the named color Smoke. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #78877B?: The RGB value is 120, 135, 123: 120 red, 135 green and 123 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #78877B?: The complementary color is #877884, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #78877B?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.55:1 and white text 3.78:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.