Gray

#879494

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

This is Gray, a mid neutral that behaves like a grey. 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 #879494, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#879494

RGB135, 148, 148

HSL180, 6%, 55%

HSV180, 9%, 58%

CMYK9%, 0%, 0%, 42%

Lab60.31, -4.65, -1.6

XYZ25.93, 28.47, 32.15

Decimal8885396

Web safe#999999

Pantone430 C

Shades of gray

#7a8888 #6e7b7b #626e6e #566060 #4a5353 #3e4646 #323838 #262b2b #1a1e1e #0e1010

Tints of gray

#929e9e #9da8a8 #a8b2b2 #b3bbbb #bec5c5 #c9cfcf #d4d9d9 #dfe3e3 #ebeded #f6f7f7

Colors that go with gray

Complementary#948787 Analogous#87948e Analogous#878e94 Triadic#948794 Triadic#949487 Split complementary#94878e Split complementary#948e87

Gray in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 9, 0, 0, 42.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #879494 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 0 0 42

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 4 4 48

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 #879494 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #879494; }
.text { color: #879494; }
.border { border: 2px solid #879494; }

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 #879494 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #879494 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 #879494 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 #879494 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 #879494 are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.