Grey

#6f8170

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

This is Grey, 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.

Grey color values

Every conversion for #6f8170, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#6f8170

RGB111, 129, 112

HSL123, 7%, 47%

HSV123, 14%, 51%

CMYK14%, 0%, 13%, 49%

Lab52.12, -10.09, 7.02

XYZ17.33, 20.25, 18.32

Decimal7307632

Web safe#669966

Pantone5625 C

Shades of grey

#657666 #5c6a5c #525f53 #485449 #3f493f #353d35 #2b322c #222722 #181c18 #0e100e

Tints of grey

#7b8e7c #89998a #97a597 #a4b1a5 #b2bcb2 #bfc8c0 #cdd4cd #dadfdb #e8ebe8 #f5f7f5

Colors that go with grey

Complementary#816f80 Analogous#77816f Analogous#6f8179 Triadic#706f81 Triadic#81706f Split complementary#796f81 Split complementary#816f77

Grey in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 14, 0, 13, 49.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #6f8170 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

14 0 13 49

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

17 4 16 55

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.

Grey in css

Copy #6f8170 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #6f8170; }
.text { color: #6f8170; }
.border { border: 2px solid #6f8170; }

How grey looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Grey and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #6f8170 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #6f8170 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Grey on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #6f8170 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around grey? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn grey into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #6f8170 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 grey, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #6f8170 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.