Gray

#727582

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 #727582, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#727582

RGB114, 117, 130

HSL229, 7%, 48%

HSV229, 12%, 51%

CMYK12%, 10%, 0%, 49%

Lab49.39, 1.68, -7.51

XYZ17.33, 17.91, 23.66

Decimal7501186

Web safe#666699

Pantone431 C

Shades of gray

#686b77 #5e616b #545660 #4a4c55 #404249 #36383e #2c2d32 #222327 #18191c #0e0f10

Tints of gray

#7e818e #8c8e9a #999ba6 #a6a8b1 #b3b5bd #c1c2c8 #cecfd4 #dbdcdf #e8e9eb #f5f6f7

Colors that go with gray

Complementary#827f72 Analogous#727d82 Analogous#777282 Triadic#827275 Triadic#758272 Split complementary#827772 Split complementary#7d8272

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 12, 10, 0, 49.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #727582 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 10 0 49

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 13 4 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.

Gray in css

Copy #727582 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #727582; }
.text { color: #727582; }
.border { border: 2px solid #727582; }

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 #727582 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #727582 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 #727582 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 #727582 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 #727582 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.