Gray

#857988

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 #857988, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#857988

RGB133, 121, 136

HSL288, 6%, 50%

HSV288, 11%, 53%

CMYK2%, 11%, 0%, 47%

Lab52.33, 7.53, -6.48

XYZ20.95, 20.44, 26.13

Decimal8747400

Web safe#996699

Pantone5285 C

Shades of gray

#796e7c #6e6470 #625964 #564e58 #4a444c #3f3940 #332e34 #272428 #1c191c #100e10

Tints of gray

#908593 #9c929e #a79ea9 #b2abb4 #beb7bf #c9c4ca #d4d0d5 #e0dde0 #ebe9ec #f6f6f7

Colors that go with gray

Complementary#7c8879 Analogous#7e7988 Analogous#887984 Triadic#888579 Triadic#798885 Split complementary#848879 Split complementary#79887e

Gray in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 2, 11, 0, 47.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #857988 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 11 0 47

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 14 4 53

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 #857988 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #857988; }
.text { color: #857988; }
.border { border: 2px solid #857988; }

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 #857988 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #857988 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 #857988 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 #857988 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

Here is how the numbers for #857988 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.