#768D8F

Closest named color: Light Slate Gray (#778899). oklch(62.6% 0.026 203), rgb(118, 141, 143).

Black text reads best on this color (5.97:1).

About this color

#768D8F is a medium-light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 63%, its chroma 0.026. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 0.024 away. Black text reads best on it, at 5.97:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	medium-light (63%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.026)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Light Slate Gray (#778899)
Black text	5.97:1
White text	3.51:1

Values

HEX	#768D8F
RGB	rgb(118, 141, 143)
HSL	hsl(185, 10%, 51%)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.026 203)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #768D8F	3.51:1	AA large text	Lc -68.2	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #768D8F	5.97:1	AA	Lc 41.4	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#768D8F text on white	3.51:1	AA large text	Lc 62.7	Content text, not long reading
#768D8F text on black	5.97:1	AA	Lc -39.0	Non-text elements, placeholder text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

Step 50
50

#F4F6F6

oklch(97.2% 0.002 197.1)
Step 100
100

#E7EBEB

oklch(93.7% 0.004 197.1)
Step 200
200

#D4DBDB

oklch(88.6% 0.008 197)
Step 300
300

#B8C3C4

oklch(80.9% 0.012 203.4)
Step 400
400

#92A5A6

oklch(70.7% 0.021 200.5)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#768D8F

oklch(62.6% 0.026 203)
Step 600
600

#60797B

oklch(55.7% 0.029 202.4)
Step 700
700

#4F6567

oklch(49% 0.027 203.2)
Step 800
800

#415354

oklch(42.7% 0.022 200.5)
Step 900
900

#374446

oklch(37.6% 0.017 207.8)
Step 950
950

#202829

oklch(27% 0.011 205.8)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#768D8F with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#898B8F	0.026
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#85878F	0.026
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#6F8F8E	0.011
Achromatopsia (no color)	#898989	0.027