Gray

#938f8c

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

This is Gray, a mid neutral that behaves like a grey. Mid greys like this are the backbone of clean, editorial layouts. It works under any accent color, holding a scheme together without competing.

Gray color values

Every conversion for #938f8c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#938f8c

RGB147, 143, 140

HSL26, 3%, 56%

HSV26, 5%, 58%

CMYK0%, 3%, 5%, 42%

Lab59.65, 0.91, 2.11

XYZ26.59, 27.74, 28.76

Decimal9670540

Web safe#999999

Pantone423 C

Shades of gray

#87827f #7a7572 #6c6966 #5f5c59 #524f4d #454240 #373634 #2a2928 #1d1c1b #100f0f

Tints of gray

#9d9997 #a7a4a1 #b1aeac #bbb8b6 #c5c3c1 #cfcdcb #d9d7d6 #e2e1e1 #ececeb #f6f6f6

Colors that go with gray

Complementary#8c9093 Analogous#938c8d Analogous#93938c Triadic#8c938f Triadic#8f8c93 Split complementary#8c9393 Split complementary#8c8d93

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, 3, 5, 42.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #938f8c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 3 5 42

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 7 9 48

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 #938f8c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #938f8c; }
.text { color: #938f8c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #938f8c; }

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 #938f8c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #938f8c 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 #938f8c 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 #938f8c 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

Every value on this page for #938f8c is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.