Gray

#998e8a

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. Almost anything sits on top of it, which is what makes a good neutral useful.

Gray color values

Every conversion for #998e8a, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#998e8a

RGB153, 142, 138

HSL16, 7%, 57%

HSV16, 10%, 60%

CMYK0%, 7%, 10%, 40%

Lab59.85, 3.36, 3.59

XYZ27.4, 27.95, 28.0

Decimal10063498

Web safe#999999

Pantone423 C

Shades of gray

#8d817c #80746f #726763 #645a57 #564e4b #48413f #3a3533 #2c2827 #1e1b1a #100f0e

Tints of gray

#a29895 #aca39f #b5adaa #beb8b5 #c8c2c0 #d1ccca #dbd7d5 #e4e1e0 #edebeb #f7f6f5

Colors that go with gray

Complementary#8a9599 Analogous#998a8d Analogous#99968a Triadic#8a998e Triadic#8e8a99 Split complementary#8a9996 Split complementary#8a8d99

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, 7, 10, 40.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #998e8a on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 7 10 40

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 13 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.

Gray in css

Copy #998e8a straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #998e8a; }
.text { color: #998e8a; }
.border { border: 2px solid #998e8a; }

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 #998e8a against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #998e8a 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 #998e8a 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 #998e8a 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 #998e8a 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.