Grey

#816f80

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

This is Grey, 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.

Grey color values

Every conversion for #816f80, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#816f80

RGB129, 111, 128

HSL303, 7%, 47%

HSV303, 14%, 51%

CMYK0%, 14%, 1%, 49%

Lab49.0, 10.29, -6.76

XYZ18.63, 17.59, 22.84

Decimal8482688

Web safe#996699

Pantone5205 C

Shades of grey

#766575 #6a5c6a #5f525e #544853 #493f48 #3d353d #322b32 #272227 #1c181b #100e10

Tints of grey

#8e7b8d #998999 #a597a4 #b1a4b0 #bcb2bc #c8bfc8 #d4cdd3 #dfdadf #ebe8eb #f7f5f7

Colors that go with grey

Complementary#6f8170 Analogous#796f81 Analogous#816f77 Triadic#80816f Triadic#6f8081 Split complementary#77816f Split complementary#6f8179

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, 1, 49.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #816f80 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 14 1 49

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 17 5 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 #816f80 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #816f80; }
.text { color: #816f80; }
.border { border: 2px solid #816f80; }

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 #816f80 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #816f80 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 #816f80 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 #816f80 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

The figures for #816f80 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. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.