Dark gray

#a0a39f

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

This is Dark 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.

Dark gray color values

Every conversion for #a0a39f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#a0a39f

RGB160, 163, 159

HSL105, 2%, 63%

HSV105, 2%, 64%

CMYK2%, 0%, 2%, 36%

Lab66.65, -1.83, 1.69

XYZ33.85, 36.17, 38.0

Decimal10527647

Web safe#999999

Pantone443 C

Shades of dark gray

#919590 #838681 #747873 #666965 #575a56 #494b48 #3a3c3a #2c2d2b #1e1f1d #0f100f

Tints of dark gray

#a9aba8 #b1b4b0 #babcb9 #c2c4c2 #cbcdca #d4d5d3 #dcdddc #e5e6e5 #edeeed #f6f6f6

Colors that go with dark gray

Complementary#a29fa3 Analogous#a2a39f Analogous#9fa3a0 Triadic#9fa0a3 Triadic#a39fa0 Split complementary#a09fa3 Split complementary#a39fa2

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 2, 0, 2, 36.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #a0a39f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 0 2 36

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 4 6 42

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 #a0a39f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #a0a39f; }
.text { color: #a0a39f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #a0a39f; }

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 #a0a39f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #a0a39f 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 #a0a39f 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 #a0a39f 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

Every value on this page for #a0a39f is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.