Light gray

#d5d5d5

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

Light gray is a near neutral, light with barely any hue. Neutrals like this hold a palette together quietly. Almost anything sits on top of it, which is what makes a good neutral useful.

Light gray color values

Every conversion for #d5d5d5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d5d5d5

RGB213, 213, 213

HSL0, 0%, 84%

HSV0, 0%, 84%

CMYK0%, 0%, 0%, 16%

Lab85.27, 0.0, -0.01

XYZ63.25, 66.54, 72.46

Decimal14013909

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone649 C

Shades of light gray

#c1c1c1 #adadad #9a9a9a #868686 #727272 #5e5e5e #4b4b4b #373737 #232323 #0f0f0f

Tints of light gray

#dcdcdc #e6e6e6 #efefef

Light gray in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 0, 16.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d5d5d5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 0 16

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 4 22

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.

Light gray in css

Copy #d5d5d5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d5d5d5; }
.text { color: #d5d5d5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d5d5d5; }

How light gray looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Light gray and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #d5d5d5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d5d5d5 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Light gray on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #d5d5d5 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around light 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 light gray into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #d5d5d5 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 light gray, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #d5d5d5 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.