Gray

#7c7c78

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for gray, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Gray carries almost no chroma, so it works as a neutral. Mid greys like this are the backbone of clean, editorial layouts. Almost anything sits on top of it, which is what makes a good neutral useful.

Gray color values

Every conversion for #7c7c78, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7c7c78

RGB124, 124, 120

HSL60, 2%, 48%

HSV60, 3%, 49%

CMYK0%, 0%, 3%, 51%

Lab51.9, -0.79, 2.17

XYZ18.91, 20.06, 20.64

Decimal8158328

Web safe#666666

Pantone424 C

Shades of gray

#71716e #666663 #5b5b59 #51514e #464644 #3b3b39 #30302f #252524 #1a1a1a #10100f

Tints of gray

#888884 #959591 #a1a19e #adadaa #b9b9b7 #c5c5c3 #d2d2d0 #dededd #eaeae9 #f6f6f6

Colors that go with gray

Complementary#78787c Analogous#7c7a78 Analogous#7a7c78 Triadic#787c7c Triadic#7c787c Split complementary#787a7c Split complementary#7a787c

Gray in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 3, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7c7c78 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 3 51

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 7 57

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Gray in css

Copy #7c7c78 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7c7c78; }
.text { color: #7c7c78; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7c7c78; }

How gray looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Gray and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #7c7c78 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7c7c78 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Gray on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #7c7c78 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around gray? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn gray into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #7c7c78 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from gray, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #7c7c78 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.