Gray

#788489

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 #788489, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#788489

RGB120, 132, 137

HSL198, 7%, 50%

HSV198, 12%, 54%

CMYK12%, 4%, 0%, 46%

Lab54.35, -3.3, -4.19

XYZ20.51, 22.3, 26.89

Decimal7898249

Web safe#669999

Pantone444 C

Shades of gray

#6d787d #636d71 #586165 #4e5659 #434a4d #393e41 #2e3335 #232728 #191b1c #0e1010

Tints of gray

#858f94 #919b9f #9ea6aa #aab2b5 #b7bdc0 #c3c9cb #d0d4d6 #dcdfe1 #e9ebec #f5f6f7

Colors that go with gray

Complementary#897d78 Analogous#788985 Analogous#787c89 Triadic#897884 Triadic#848978 Split complementary#89787c Split complementary#898578

Gray in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 12, 4, 0, 46.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #788489 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 4 0 46

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 8 4 52

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 #788489 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #788489; }
.text { color: #788489; }
.border { border: 2px solid #788489; }

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 #788489 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #788489 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 #788489 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 #788489 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 #788489 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.