Grey

#88988a

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 #88988a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#88988a

RGB136, 152, 138

HSL127, 7%, 56%

HSV127, 11%, 60%

CMYK11%, 0%, 9%, 40%

Lab61.24, -8.5, 5.43

XYZ25.97, 29.53, 28.38

Decimal8951946

Web safe#999999

Pantone5497 C

Shades of grey

#7a8c7c #6e7f70 #627164 #566358 #4a554b #3e483f #323a33 #262c27 #1a1e1b #0e100e

Tints of grey

#93a195 #9eaba0 #a9b4aa #b4beb5 #bfc7c0 #cad1cb #d5dad5 #e0e4e0 #eaedeb #f5f7f6

Colors that go with grey

Complementary#988896 Analogous#8e9888 Analogous#889892 Triadic#8a8898 Triadic#988a88 Split complementary#928898 Split complementary#98888e

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 11, 0, 9, 40.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #88988a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

11 0 9 40

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

14 4 12 46

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 #88988a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #88988a; }
.text { color: #88988a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #88988a; }

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 #88988a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #88988a 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 #88988a 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 #88988a 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

Every value on this page for #88988a is computed, not guessed. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.