Grey

#7c8d7c

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

Grey is a near neutral, mid with barely any hue. Mid greys like this are the backbone of clean, editorial layouts. It works under any accent color, holding a scheme together without competing.

Grey color values

Every conversion for #7c8d7c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7c8d7c

RGB124, 141, 124

HSL120, 7%, 52%

HSV120, 12%, 55%

CMYK12%, 0%, 12%, 45%

Lab56.87, -9.56, 7.01

XYZ21.48, 24.79, 22.72

Decimal8162684

Web safe#669966

Pantone5555 C

Shades of grey

#708170 #657565 #5b685b #505c50 #454f45 #3a423a #2f362f #242924 #191d19 #0e100e

Tints of grey

#889888 #94a294 #a0ada0 #adb7ad #b9c2b9 #c5ccc5 #d1d7d1 #dde2dd #e9ece9 #f5f7f5

Colors that go with grey

Complementary#8d7c8d Analogous#858d7c Analogous#7c8d85 Triadic#7c7c8d Triadic#8d7c7c Split complementary#857c8d Split complementary#8d7c85

Grey in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 12, 0, 12, 45.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7c8d7c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

12 0 12 45

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

15 4 15 51

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.

Grey in css

Copy #7c8d7c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7c8d7c; }
.text { color: #7c8d7c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7c8d7c; }

How grey looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Grey and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #7c8d7c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7c8d7c against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Grey on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #7c8d7c sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around grey? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn grey into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #7c8d7c 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 grey, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #7c8d7c are worked out. 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.