Gray - 09/07/2018
Gray is the Color of the Day for 09/07/2018. Gray has a hex value of #808080. On the RGB scale it has values of Red: 128, Green: 128, and Blue: 128
Color Spaces of Gray
| Hex | 808080 | #808080 |
| RGB | 128 128 128 | rgb(128 128 128) |
| RGB % | 50 50 50 | rgb(50 50 50) |
| CIELAB | 53.59, 0, 0 | |
| CMY | 50, 50, 50 | |
| CMYK | 0, 0, 0, 50 | |
| HSL | 0, 0, 50 | hsl(0 0% 50%) |
| HSV | 0, 0, 50 | hsv(0 0% 50%) |
| HSI | 0, 0, 128 | |
| HWB | 0, 50, 50 | hwb(0 50% 50%) |
| LCH | 53.59, 0, 0 | |
| XYZ | 20.81, 21.59, 17.81 | |
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All About Gray
Gray is a neutral color that is often associated with elegance, sophistication, and understated beauty. As a mixture of black and white, gray can come in a range of shades, from light and airy to dark and dramatic. Its versatility makes it a popular choice in fashion, interior design, and graphic design.
In graphic design and branding, gray is often used to create a sense of sophistication and elegance. It is a popular choice for high-end fashion and beauty brands, where it can create a sense of luxury and exclusivity. Gray can also be used in logos and marketing materials to create a sense of understated elegance and sophistication.
Overall, gray is a versatile color that can be used in a range of contexts to create a sense of elegance, sophistication, and understated beauty. Its subtle tones can create a sense of calm and tranquility, while its neutral base makes it a popular choice for pairing with other colors and styles. Whether it is used in fashion, interior design, or branding, gray is a color that is sure to add a touch of class and sophistication to any project.
Gray in Fashion
In fashion, gray is often used as a base color that can be paired with almost any other color. It is a popular choice for suits, dresses, and casual wear, and its neutral tones can create a sense of timelessness and classic elegance. Gray is also a popular color for accessories such as handbags, shoes, and jewelry, where it can add a sense of understated glamour to any outfit.
Gray in Interior Design
In interior design, gray is a popular choice for wall paint, furniture, and decor. Its subtle tones can create a sense of calm and tranquility in a space, and it pairs well with other neutral colors such as white, beige, and black. Gray is also a popular choice for kitchen and bathroom tiles, where it can create a sense of cleanliness and modernity.
Closest Common Color
Gray is closest to the common color gray. Gray is the combination of the colors black and white. Gray is associated with neutrality, balance, metal, and dullness. We see gray color used in construction for cement and in software engineering to represent subtext or disabled menu items. Gray is sometimes represented with the alternate spelling of 'grey'. Some common things you can find in gray are dolphins, ashes, greyhounds, and granite.
Shades of Gray
A shade is a concept of darkening a color. Below you will find the shades of colors from Gray all the way to Black evenly distributed.
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Tints of Gray
A tint is a concept of lightening a color. Below you will find the tints of colors from Gray all the way to White evenly distributed.
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Tones of Gray
A tone is a concept of adding gray to a color. Since we are already pure Gray all tones will also be Gray.
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Monochromatic Colors of Gray
A monochromatic color scheme is based on a single color and contains both shades and tints of that color. Below you will find a monochromatic color scheme based off of Gray.
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Complementary Color of Gray
Complementary colors are two colors that are the complete opposite of each other on the color wheel. Complementary colors are used by many including graphic designers, painters, and other artists. Knowing the complementary color for a given color is useful because using them together creates a visual contrast which can really make a design pop! Below you will find the complementary color of Gray.
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Split Complementary Colors of Gray
A Split Complementary color scheme is based on a single color and then finds the complementary color of the main color and uses that as a reference to find two colors to the left and right of that complementary color on the color wheel. A total of three colors make up a split complementary color scheme. A common example of a split complementary color scheme in an RGB Model is red, green-cyan, and blue-cyan. Below you will find a split complementary color scheme based off of Gray.
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Triadic Colors of Gray
A triadic color scheme is made up of three colors that are evenly spaced on the color wheel. In a traditional sense you start with one color to as the baseline and the two other colors serve as accent colors. On the color wheel this can be envisioned as a triangle. Below you will find a triadic color scheme based off of Gray.
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Tetradic Colors of Gray
A tetradic color scheme is made up of four colors that form a rectangle on the color wheel. This color harmony is also known as a double complementary color scheme becuase it is made up of two complementary color pairs. Below you will find a tetradic color scheme based off of Gray.
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Analogous Colors of Gray
An analogous color scheme is made up of three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. In a traditional sense you start with a single color as the baseline, a second color, and an accent color or a mixture of the first two colors as the third color. Below you will find an analogous color scheme based off of Gray.
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Variations of Gray
A variation of a color is the idea of swapping the values of Red, Blue, and Green with one another to create a new color. The color Gray has RGB values of R:128, G:128, and B:128. Using this information, we can create the following 5 variations using RBG, GRB, GBR, BRG, and GBR. Out of the 5 possible variations of Gray, 0 of them will be unique without counting our orignal color of Gray.
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Web Safe Color of Gray
A web safe color is a color that will not be dithered when shown on a web browser that only has 256-color support. Although this is not much of an issue in modern browsers today it is important to understand the history. A web safe color will always appear as intended across any device/browser. There are 216 colors that are considered web safe. Below you will find the closest web safe color to Gray.
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CSS Code for Gray
Text Color
This paragraph tag has text in the color #808080
Text Shadow Color
This text has a shadow in the color #808080
Border Color
This div tag has a border color of #808080
Background Color
This div tag has a background color of #808080
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Gray Accessibility
When it comes to accessibility it is important to consider the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 issued by W3C. The WCAG provides a set of standards to determine if two colors have an appropriate contrast ratio in order to be readable on a web. This is achieved by measuring luminance, also known as brightness, between the color of your text and the background color. The WCAG has several levels of conformance: (A - Lowest, AA - Mid Range, AAA - Highest). If you meet the requirements of a higher range of conformance then you automatically meet the lower levels. For Example, if you meet AAA then by default you also meet AA and A. The contrast ratios that need to be met also consider the size of the font. Below are the contrast ratios needed to be compliant.
- Level AA (large text/18-point font): 3:1
- Level AA: 4.5:1
- Level AAA (large text/18-point font): 4.5:1
- Level AAA: 7:1
In the following sections we take a look at conformance levels AA and AAA for both large sized text and normal sized text. We took care of all the calculations so you will be able to see right away whether or not a text color of Gray is readable according to the WCAG against both Black and White backgrounds.
Gray Contrast on Black Background
The color Gray has passed 3 out of 4 WCAG tests against a Black background. This means there is a 75% accessibility rating and therefore makes Gray a good choice against a Black background.
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Gray Contrast on White Background
The color Gray has passed 1 out of 4 WCAG tests against a White background. This means there is a 25% accessibility rating and therefore makes Gray a moderate choice against a White background.
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Images with Gray
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