Tailwind CSS v3 color

Tailwind stone-500 #78716C

Tailwind CSS v3's stone-500 is #78716C. It is a gray in the neutral family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.553 with chroma 0.012, too low for hue to matter. The nearest CSS named color is dimgray (#696969), ΔE2000 5.5 away.

Relative luminance
0.1689
OKLCH L · C · h
0.553 · 0.012 · 58.1
Best text
White 4.79:1
Hue family
Neutral
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#78716C color codes

HEX
#78716C
RGB
rgb(120, 113, 108)
HSL
hsl(25, 5%, 45%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.553 0.012 58.1)
OKLab
oklab(0.553 0.006 0.010)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 48.12, a* 1.75, b* 3.74
XYZ (D65)
X 16.36, Y 16.89, Z 16.58
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 6%, 10%, 53%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #78716C accessible?

White text on it reaches 4.79:1, passing AA. Black text manages only 4.37:1, enough for large text only.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

  • Black text on it

    4.37:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +30

  • White text on it

    4.79:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −78

  • As text on black

    4.37:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −28

  • As text on white

    4.79:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +73

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #78716C 4.79:1

    It already reaches 4.79:1 on white, so no change is needed.

  • For text on black

    #7B746F 4.56:1

    Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.55 to 0.56 reaches 4.56:1 on black, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #78716C live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

The studio needs JavaScript.

Scale

Shades and tints of #78716C

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #78716C sits at step 600.

  1. 50#FAF4EF
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.25
  2. 100#F0EAE5
    White
    1.19
    Black
    17.60
  3. 200#DDD6D1
    White
    1.43
    Black
    14.61
  4. 300#C3BCB7
    White
    1.87
    Black
    11.19
  5. 400#A7A09B
    White
    2.57
    Black
    8.14
  6. 500#8C857F
    White
    3.63
    Black
    5.77
  7. 600This color#78716C
    White
    4.79
    Black
    4.37
  8. 700#5D5752
    White
    7.11
    Black
    2.95
  9. 800#443E3A
    White
    10.52
    Black
    1.99
  10. 900#2D2824
    White
    14.57
    Black
    1.44
  11. 950#191512
    White
    18.14
    Black
    1.15

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Tailwind CSS v3 stone scale

The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.

  1. 50#FAFAF9
    White
    1.04
    Black
    20.10
  2. 100#F5F5F4
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.24
  3. 200#E7E5E4
    White
    1.25
    Black
    16.72
  4. 300#D6D3D1
    White
    1.48
    Black
    14.09
  5. 400#A8A29E
    White
    2.52
    Black
    8.32
  6. 500This color#78716C
    White
    4.79
    Black
    4.37
  7. 600#57534E
    White
    7.62
    Black
    2.75
  8. 700#44403C
    White
    10.27
    Black
    2.04
  9. 800#292524
    White
    15.16
    Black
    1.38
  10. 900#1C1917
    White
    17.48
    Black
    1.20
  11. 950#0C0A09
    White
    19.75
    Black
    1.06

Gamut

How vivid #78716C can get

A gray has no hue, so no gamut holds a more vivid version of #78716C: more chroma would make it another color.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.012
sRGB edge
No hue
Display P3 edge
No hue
Rec. 2020 edge
No hue
Dominant wavelength
583 nm
Excitation purity
7%
Chromaticity
x 0.3283, y 0.3389

Mixing

Mixing #78716C

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

  • sRGB50%#BCB8B6
  • OKLab50%#B9B5B3
  • OKLCH50%#B9B5B3

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#3C3936
  • OKLab50%#2A2725
  • OKLCH50%#2A2725
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #78716c, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #78716c 50%, white);

In use

#78716C in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:14.79:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.79:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:14.79:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.79:1 Passes

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:14.79:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.90:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:13.90:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.90:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #847D78 4.62:1

Color vision

How #78716C looks with color blindness

As a neutral it barely changes under any simulation, ΔE2000 4.1 at most.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #73716C ΔE2000 2.9

    Close match

    Reads as gray

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #75736C ΔE2000 3.4

    Close match

    Reads as gray

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #7A7070 ΔE2000 3.7

    Close match

    Reads as gray

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #727272 ΔE2000 4.1

    Close match

    Reads as gray

Pairing check

A near-neutral has no complementary hue to pair with, so tell it apart from neighboring grays by lightness contrast alone.

Harmony

Color harmonies for #78716C

A neutral has no hue to rotate, so every harmony collapses back to the same gray. Pair it with an accent color instead.

Or pair it by lightness: steps of its own scale as text on it, and what each can carry.

Build a lightness scale in Harmony Studio

  • Step 950 #191512 · 3.78:1

    Large text, icons and borders

  • Step 700 #5D5752 · 1.48:1

    Decoration only, under 3:1

  • Step 300 #C3BCB7 · 2.55:1

    Decoration only, under 3:1

Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-stone-500: #78716c;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js — already built in as stone-500;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        stone: { 500: '#78716c' },
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  /* v4 has its own stone-500; this pins the v3 value. */
  --color-stone-500: oklch(0.553 0.012 58.1);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "stone-500": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.4706, 0.4431, 0.4235],
        "hex": "#78716c"
      },
      "$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 stone-500"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let stone500 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.471, green: 0.443, blue: 0.424, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Stone500 = Color(0xFF78716C)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #78716C in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.