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Gray Colors

111 gray colors in the library, 52 of them carrying a registered name. Every swatch opens a full breakdown: hex, RGB, HSL, HSV, CMYK, LAB and OKLCH values, WCAG contrast, harmonies, tints and shades.

A grey is any colour whose red, green and blue channels are close enough together that no hue survives — in practice under about 10% saturation. Pure greys are rare in good interface design: most production greys carry a few degrees of the brand hue so that text, borders and backgrounds feel part of one system rather than dropped in from a stock palette.

Named Gray Colors

The grays that carry a published name, from the CSS keywords through the paint and print registries. These are the ones worth referring to by name in a brief, because the person reading it can look them up.

Every Gray by Lightness

The full gray range grouped from darkest to lightest. Lightness is the L in HSL — the fastest way to find a gray that will hold up as a background, a border, or body text against the rest of your palette.

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Working with Gray

For the editorial guide — what gray signals, where it works, and what to pair it with — read shades of gray. To find a gray by name rather than by eye, use the A-Z index of color names. To build a palette around one, open any swatch and use the palette generator or check it in the contrast checker.