Information about #78797E color
Basic facts about this digital color
A muted, almost neutral grey, #78797E carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Storm Grey (#747880). Slightly further away sit Light Charcoal (#73787C) and Monsoon (#7A7679).
In RGB terms — rgb(120, 121, 126) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, black text reaches a 4.8:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); white stays at 4.3:1. #78797E has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.
#78797E color variations
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#78797E color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#78797E color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#78797E color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#78797E color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#78797E color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #78797E color
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Nearest named colors to #78797E
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#747880
#73787C
#7A7679
#7C7E7E
#757878
#7C7D79
#7D7F7C
#7A7C76
#777887
#7C817C
#7F7F7D
#7A7F85
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#78797E
- RGB120, 121, 126
- CMYK2, 2, 0, 51
- CSSrgb(120, 121, 126)
- HSL230°, 2%, 48%
- HSL Precise230°, 2.439%, 48.235%
- HSV230°, 5%, 49%
- HSB230°, 5%, 49%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.471
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.475
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.494
- GLSLvec3(0.471, 0.475, 0.494)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.471, 0.475, 0.494, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.471, 0.475, 0.494)
- Percentage of Red in RGB47.1%
- Percentage of Green in RGB47.5%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB49.4%
- Color FamilyBlue
- Saturation FamilyDesaturated
- Lightness FamilyLight
- HEX ID78797E
- DECIMAL ID7895422
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers17 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
