Dark gray

#aba0a3

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 #aba0a3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#aba0a3

RGB171, 160, 163

HSL344, 6%, 65%

HSV344, 6%, 67%

CMYK0%, 6%, 5%, 33%

Lab66.86, 4.54, -0.13

XYZ35.98, 36.44, 39.79

Decimal11247779

Web safe#999999

Pantone5295 C

Shades of dark gray

#9d9094 #8f8084 #807175 #706366 #605558 #504749 #40393b #302b2c #201c1d #100e0f

Tints of dark gray

#b3a9ab #bab1b4 #c2babc #c9c2c4 #d1cbcc #d8d3d5 #e0dcdd #e7e4e5 #efedee #f7f6f6

Colors that go with dark gray

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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 0, 6, 5, 33.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #aba0a3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 5 33

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 9 39

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Dark gray in css

Copy #aba0a3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #aba0a3; }
.text { color: #aba0a3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #aba0a3; }

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 #aba0a3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #aba0a3 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Dark gray on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #aba0a3 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn dark gray into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #aba0a3 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

The figures for #aba0a3 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.