Gray

#919191

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

Gray carries almost no chroma, so it works as a neutral. 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.

Gray color values

Every conversion for #919191, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#919191

RGB145, 145, 145

HSL0, 0%, 57%

HSV0, 0%, 57%

CMYK0%, 0%, 0%, 43%

Lab60.17, 0.0, -0.01

XYZ26.91, 28.31, 30.83

Decimal9539985

Web safe#999999

Pantone423 C

Shades of gray

#848484 #777777 #6a6a6a #5d5d5d #505050 #434343 #363636 #292929 #1c1c1c #0f0f0f

Tints of gray

#9b9b9b #a5a5a5 #afafaf #b9b9b9 #c4c4c4 #cecece #d8d8d8 #e2e2e2 #ececec #f6f6f6

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 0, 0, 0, 43.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #919191 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 0 43

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 4 49

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.

Gray in css

Copy #919191 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #919191; }
.text { color: #919191; }
.border { border: 2px solid #919191; }

How gray looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Gray and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #919191 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #919191 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Gray on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #919191 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around 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 gray into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #919191 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 gray, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #919191 are worked out. 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.