Dark gray

#8f949c

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

Dark gray is a near neutral, mid with barely any hue. 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.

Dark gray color values

Every conversion for #8f949c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#8f949c

RGB143, 148, 156

HSL217, 6%, 59%

HSV217, 8%, 61%

CMYK8%, 5%, 0%, 39%

Lab61.15, -0.18, -4.84

XYZ27.92, 29.42, 35.66

Decimal9409692

Web safe#999999

Pantone444 C

Shades of dark gray

#81868f #737982 #676c74 #5a5e66 #4d5157 #414449 #34373b #282a2d #1b1c1e #0e0f10

Tints of dark gray

#999ea5 #a4a8ae #aeb1b7 #b8bbc0 #c2c5c9 #cdcfd2 #d7d9db #e1e2e4 #ebecee #f6f6f7

Colors that go with dark gray

Complementary#9c978f Analogous#8f9b9c Analogous#918f9c Triadic#9c8f94 Triadic#949c8f Split complementary#9c918f Split complementary#9b9c8f

Dark gray in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 8, 5, 0, 39.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #8f949c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

8 5 0 39

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

11 9 4 45

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.

Dark gray in css

Copy #8f949c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #8f949c; }
.text { color: #8f949c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #8f949c; }

How dark gray looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Dark gray and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #8f949c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #8f949c against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark gray on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #8f949c sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around dark 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 dark gray into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #8f949c 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 dark gray, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #8f949c are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.