Grey

#879686

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 #879686, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#879686

RGB135, 150, 134

HSL116, 7%, 56%

HSV116, 11%, 59%

CMYK10%, 0%, 11%, 41%

Lab60.5, -8.54, 6.62

XYZ25.2, 28.68, 26.76

Decimal8885894

Web safe#999999

Pantone5555 C

Shades of grey

#7a8a78 #6d7d6c #626f61 #566255 #4a5449 #3e473d #323932 #262c26 #1a1e1a #0e100e

Tints of grey

#92a091 #9da99c #a8b3a7 #b3bdb3 #bec6be #c9d0c9 #d4dad4 #dfe3df #eaedea #f6f7f5

Colors that go with grey

Complementary#958696 Analogous#8f9686 Analogous#86968d Triadic#868796 Triadic#968687 Split complementary#8d8696 Split complementary#96868f

Grey in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 10, 0, 11, 41.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #879686 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

10 0 11 41

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

13 4 14 47

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 #879686 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #879686; }
.text { color: #879686; }
.border { border: 2px solid #879686; }

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 #879686 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #879686 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 #879686 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 #879686 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 #879686 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.