Grey

#7c8e7c

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

Grey color values

Every conversion for #7c8e7c, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#7c8e7c

RGB124, 142, 124

HSL120, 7%, 52%

HSV120, 13%, 56%

CMYK13%, 0%, 13%, 44%

Lab57.16, -10.11, 7.42

XYZ21.62, 25.09, 22.77

Decimal8162940

Web safe#669966

Pantone5555 C

Shades of grey

#708270 #657665 #5a695a #505c50 #455045 #3a433a #2f362f #242a24 #191d19 #0e100e

Tints of grey

#889888 #94a394 #a0ada0 #adb8ad #b9c2b9 #c5cdc5 #d1d7d1 #dde2dd #e9ece9 #f5f7f5

Colors that go with grey

Complementary#8e7c8e Analogous#858e7c Analogous#7c8e85 Triadic#7c7c8e Triadic#8e7c7c Split complementary#857c8e Split complementary#8e7c85

Grey in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 13, 0, 13, 44.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #7c8e7c on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

13 0 13 44

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

16 4 16 50

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 #7c8e7c straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #7c8e7c; }
.text { color: #7c8e7c; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7c8e7c; }

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 #7c8e7c against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #7c8e7c 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 #7c8e7c 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 #7c8e7c 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 #7c8e7c are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.