Gray

#717e6d

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 #717e6d, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#717e6d

RGB113, 126, 109

HSL106, 7%, 46%

HSV106, 13%, 49%

CMYK10%, 0%, 13%, 51%

Lab51.31, -8.24, 7.64

XYZ17.03, 19.54, 17.34

Decimal7437933

Web safe#666666

Pantone5625 C

Shades of gray

#677364 #5d685a #545d51 #4a5247 #40473e #363c34 #2c312b #222621 #191b18 #0f100e

Tints of gray

#7e8b79 #8b9787 #98a395 #a6afa3 #b3bbb0 #c0c7be #ced3cc #dbdfda #e8ebe8 #f6f7f5

Colors that go with gray

Complementary#7a6d7e Analogous#7a7e6d Analogous#6d7e72 Triadic#6d717e Triadic#7e6d71 Split complementary#726d7e Split complementary#7e6d7a

Gray in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 10, 0, 13, 51.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #717e6d on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

10 0 13 51

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

13 4 16 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Gray in css

Copy #717e6d straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #717e6d; }
.text { color: #717e6d; }
.border { border: 2px solid #717e6d; }

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 #717e6d against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #717e6d 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 #717e6d 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 #717e6d 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 #717e6d come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.