What color is #7B7C78?

#7B7C78 is a gray, closest to the named color Moon Base. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #7B7C78?

The RGB value is 123, 124, 120: 123 red, 124 green and 120 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #7B7C78?

The complementary color is #79787C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #7B7C78?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5:1 and white text 4.2:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#7B7C78 color

#7B7C78 rgb(123, 124, 120)

Shades of gray

The hex color #7B7C78 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 48.2% red, 48.6% green and 47.1% blue (123, 124, 120).

Its hue angle is 75°, with 2% saturation and 48% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 3% yellow and 51% black.

The closest named color is Moon Base (#7D7D77), a difference of 1.2 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5:1).

#7B7C78 color codes

HEX	`#7B7C78`
RGB	`rgb(123, 124, 120)`
RGB percent	`rgb(48.2%, 48.6%, 47.1%)`
HSL	`hsl(75, 2%, 48%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(75, 3%, 49%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(1%, 0%, 3%, 51%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(51.82, -1.17, 2.05)`
CIE LCH	`lch(51.82, 2.36, 119.72)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(18.766, 19.982, 20.634)`
Decimal	`8092792`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #7B7C78, 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 #7B7C78	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	4.2:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#7B7C78 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	4.2:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5:1	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 #7B7C78 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #7b7c78; }
.text { color: #7b7c78; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7b7c78; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(123 124 120 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #7b7c78, #797c78); }

Background

Text color

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Questions

What color is #7B7C78?: #7B7C78 is a gray, closest to the named color Moon Base. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #7B7C78?: The RGB value is 123, 124, 120: 123 red, 124 green and 120 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #7B7C78?: The complementary color is #79787C, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #7B7C78?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5:1 and white text 4.2:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.