Medium Grey Color
Medium Grey is a gray color with hex code #7D7F7C. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with medium grey, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Medium Grey Color Values
What Does Medium Grey Mean?
Medium Grey belongs to the gray family of colors. Gray settles arguments between colors. Practical, quiet, and hard to date-stamp, it lets brighter hues carry the personality while providing structure. Warm grays cozy a room up; cool grays keep it businesslike. Medium Grey sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Medium Grey is classified as a gray (nearest centroid: medium gray, #848482).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Medium Grey
Medium Grey and #7D7C7E are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #7E7E7C and #7C7E7C, which sit beside medium grey on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair medium grey with triadic partners #7C7D7E and #7E7C7D. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Friar Grey —
#807E79(Delta E 2) - Concord —
#7C7B7A(Delta E 2) - Gunsmoke —
#828685(Delta E 3) - Tapa —
#7B7874(Delta E 3) - Schooner —
#8B847E(Delta E 5)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #7D7F7C; }
.background { background-color: #7D7F7C; }
.border { border: 2px solid #7D7F7C; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #7D7F7C40; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for medium grey?
Medium Grey has the hex code #7D7F7C. In RGB notation it is rgb(125, 127, 124), in HSL it is hsl(100, 1%, 49%), and its OKLCH value is 0.594, 0.005, 134.9.
What does the color medium grey mean?
Gray-family colors like medium grey carry distinct psychological associations. Medium Grey belongs to the gray family of colors. Gray settles arguments between colors. Practical, quiet, and hard to date-stamp, it lets brighter hues carry the personality while providing structure. Warm grays cozy a room up; cool grays keep it businesslike. Medium Grey sits at a mid-lightness, which keeps it readable on both white and black without much fuss.
What colors go with medium grey?
Medium Grey has three easy routes: its complement #7D7C7E for punch, its neighbors #7E7E7C and #7C7E7C for something calmer, or triadic partners #7C7D7E and #7E7C7D when you want energy.
Is medium grey a standard web color?
No — Medium Grey is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #7D7F7C or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make medium grey lighter or darker?
To lighten medium grey, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #EBEBEA (lightest tint) to #141514 (darkest shade).
About Medium Grey
Medium Grey is classified as a Gray in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Gray hue family. It has The color is recognized by XKCD, meodai.
Use our Color Converter to convert #7D7F7C to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.