#778682 is a mid neutral with only a whisper of temperate cast. On the Color Lab it reads clean and engineered, restrained and easy to live with. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #778682 works with other colors. Named schemes with #778682 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Battleship Grey is the vivid signal in this product UI — on a near-black surface with cool white, a slate grey and a lighter tint of Battleship Grey.
Battleship Grey plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Battleship Grey anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
Battleship Grey sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Battleship Grey is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Battleship Grey carrying the quiet middle.
How #778682 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #778682 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #778682;
--color-base-rgb: 119 134 130;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(60.7% 0.019 177.9);
--color-50: #F7F8F8;
--color-100: #E9ECEB;
--color-200: #D4D9D7;
--color-300: #B4BBB9;
--color-400: #949E9B;
--color-500: #75807D;
--color-600: #5D6563;
--color-700: #454A49;
--color-800: #2F3231;
--color-900: #1D201F;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
battleship-grey: {
50: '#F7F8F8',
100: '#E9ECEB',
200: '#D4D9D7',
300: '#B4BBB9',
400: '#949E9B',
500: '#75807D',
600: '#5D6563',
700: '#454A49',
800: '#2F3231',
900: '#1D201F',
},
}
$base: #778682; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F7F8F8; $base-100: #E9ECEB; $base-200: #D4D9D7; $base-300: #B4BBB9; $base-400: #949E9B; $base-500: #75807D; $base-600: #5D6563; $base-700: #454A49; $base-800: #2F3231; $base-900: #1D201F; $base-hover: #606C69; $base-subtle: #D7DADA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#778682",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F7F8F8",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E9ECEB",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#D4D9D7",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#B4BBB9",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#949E9B",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#75807D",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#5D6563",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#454A49",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#2F3231",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#1D201F",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}