Grey

#816f7f

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

Grey is a near neutral, mid with barely any hue. Mid greys like this are the backbone of clean, editorial layouts. It works under any accent color, holding a scheme together without competing.

Grey color values

Every conversion for #816f7f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#816f7f

RGB129, 111, 127

HSL307, 7%, 47%

HSV307, 14%, 51%

CMYK0%, 14%, 2%, 49%

Lab48.97, 10.09, -6.21

XYZ18.57, 17.57, 22.49

Decimal8482687

Web safe#996666

Pantone5205 C

Shades of grey

#766574 #6a5c69 #5f525e #544853 #493f48 #3d353d #322b31 #272226 #1c181b #100e10

Tints of grey

#8e7b8c #998998 #a597a3 #b1a4af #bcb2bb #c8bfc7 #d4cdd3 #dfdadf #ebe8eb #f7f5f7

Colors that go with grey

Complementary#6f8171 Analogous#7a6f81 Analogous#816f76 Triadic#7f816f Triadic#6f7f81 Split complementary#76816f Split complementary#6f817a

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 0, 14, 2, 49.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #816f7f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 14 2 49

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 17 6 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 #816f7f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #816f7f; }
.text { color: #816f7f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #816f7f; }

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 #816f7f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #816f7f 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 #816f7f 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 #816f7f 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 #816f7f are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.