Gray & Black color

Gray #808080

#808080 · rgb(128, 128, 128)

Gray is the color #808080. In RGB it is rgb(128, 128, 128) — 50% red, 50% green and 50% blue. Its CMYK breakdown is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 0% yellow and 50% black, and in HSL it sits at 0° hue, 0% saturation and 50% lightness. Gray is one of the 140 standard CSS / HTML color names, so color: gray works in CSS. The closest web-safe color is #999999.

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Gray color codes

Hex#808080
RGBrgb(128, 128, 128)
RGB %50%, 50%, 50%
HSLhsl(0, 0%, 50%)
HSV / HSBhsv(0, 0%, 50%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 50%)
OKLCHoklch(60% 0 90)
Closest web-safe#999999

Contrast

Contrast ratio of Gray against white and black text (WCAG 2.1 needs 4.5:1 for body text).

White text — 3.95:1 Black text — 5.32:1

Shades, tints & tones

Shades — toward black
Tints — toward white
Tones — toward gray

Color harmonies

Complementary
Analogous
Split-complementary
Triadic
Tetradic
Square
Rainbow

Colors similar to Gray

Smoke#738276Slate#708090Slate Gray#708090Light Slate Gray#778899Stone#928E85Pewter#899499