Gray

#697979

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

Gray is a near neutral, deep with barely any hue. Neutrals like this hold a palette together quietly. It works under any accent color, holding a scheme together without competing.

Gray color values

Every conversion for #697979, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#697979

RGB105, 121, 121

HSL180, 7%, 44%

HSV180, 13%, 47%

CMYK13%, 0%, 0%, 53%

Lab49.57, -5.88, -2.0

XYZ16.11, 18.06, 20.73

Decimal6912377

Web safe#666666

Pantone5487 C

Shades of gray

#606f6f #576464 #4e5a5a #454f4f #3c4545 #333a3a #293030 #202525 #171b1b #0e1010

Tints of gray

#758787 #839494 #92a0a0 #a0adad #aeb9b9 #bcc5c5 #cbd2d2 #d9dede #e7eaea #f5f7f7

Colors that go with gray

Complementary#796969 Analogous#697971 Analogous#697179 Triadic#796979 Triadic#797969 Split complementary#796971 Split complementary#797169

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 13, 0, 0, 53.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #697979 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 0 0 53

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 4 4 59

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Gray in css

Copy #697979 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #697979; }
.text { color: #697979; }
.border { border: 2px solid #697979; }

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 #697979 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #697979 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Gray on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #697979 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn gray into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #697979 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

The figures for #697979 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.