Gray

#74786a

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 #74786a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#74786a

RGB116, 120, 106

HSL77, 6%, 44%

HSV77, 12%, 47%

CMYK3%, 0%, 12%, 53%

Lab49.72, -4.24, 7.17

XYZ16.52, 18.19, 16.28

Decimal7633002

Web safe#666666

Pantone417 C

Shades of gray

#6a6e61 #606358 #56594f #4c4e45 #42443c #383a33 #2e2f2a #242521 #1a1b18 #10100e

Tints of gray

#828676 #8f9384 #9c9f93 #a9aca1 #b6b8af #c2c5bd #cfd1cb #dcded9 #e9eae7 #f6f7f6

Colors that go with gray

Complementary#6e6a78 Analogous#78756a Analogous#6d786a Triadic#6a7478 Triadic#786a74 Split complementary#6a6d78 Split complementary#756a78

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 3, 0, 12, 53.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #74786a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

3 0 12 53

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

7 4 15 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 #74786a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #74786a; }
.text { color: #74786a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #74786a; }

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 #74786a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #74786a 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 #74786a 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 #74786a 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 #74786a 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. 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.