CSS named colour

Dim Gray

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A CSS named colour: dimgray is valid anywhere a colour is expected.

RGB: rgb(105 105 105)
HSL: 0°, 0%, 41%
OKLCh: 52.1% 0.000 0.0

Dim Gray in every format

Web & CSSThe everyday formats for stylesheets and design tools.

Hex	`#696969`
RGB	`rgb(105 105 105)`
RGB legacy	`rgb(105, 105, 105)`
RGB percent	`rgb(41.18% 41.18% 41.18%)`
HSL	`hsl(240 0% 41.2%)`
HSL legacy	`hsl(240, 0%, 41.2%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(240, 0%, 41.2%)`
HWB	`hwb(240 41.2% 58.8%)`
Nearest name	`dimgray`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 58.8%)`Naive conversion. Real print work needs an ICC profile.

Perceptual & wide gamutModern CSS colour spaces for uniform scales and P3 displays.

OKLCh	`oklch(52.081% 0 0)`Modern CSS colour space for even palettes — better than HSL when building scales.
OKLab	`oklab(52.081% 0 0)`
CIE LCh	`lch(44.414% 0 139.088)`
CIE Lab	`lab(44.414% 0 0)`
Display P3	`color(display-p3 0.4118 0.4118 0.4118)`
Rec. 2020	`color(rec2020 0.3563 0.3563 0.3563)`
srgb-linear	`color(srgb-linear 0.1413 0.1413 0.1413)`Light-linear sRGB — the same numbers a shader wants for maths.
CIE XYZ (D65)	`color(xyz-d65 0.1343 0.1413 0.1538)`

ShadersGLSL, HLSL and WGSL vectors in both encoded and linear form.

GLSL vec3 — sRGB	`vec3(0.412)`Encoded values. Use when writing straight to the framebuffer.
GLSL vec3 — linear	`vec3(0.141)`Light-linear values. Use for lighting, blending and mixing.
GLSL vec4 — sRGB	`vec4(0.412, 0.412, 0.412, 1.0)`
GLSL vec4 — linear	`vec4(0.141, 0.141, 0.141, 1.0)`
GLSL ivec3	`ivec3(105, 105, 105)`
HLSL float3 — sRGB	`float3(0.412)`
HLSL float3 — linear	`float3(0.141)`
HLSL float4 — sRGB	`float4(0.412, 0.412, 0.412, 1.0)`
HLSL half4 — sRGB	`half4(0.412, 0.412, 0.412, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3f — sRGB	`vec3f(0.412)`
WGSL vec4f — sRGB	`vec4f(0.412, 0.412, 0.412, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3<f32> — linear	`vec3<f32>(0.141, 0.141, 0.141)`

Engines & appsConstructors for Unity, Unreal, Godot, Flutter, SwiftUI and Android.

Unity Color	`new Color(0.412f, 0.412f, 0.412f, 1.0f)`Color for everyday scripting (0–1). Color32 when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unity Color32	`new Color32(105, 105, 105, 255)`
Unreal FLinearColor	`FLinearColor(0.1413f, 0.1413f, 0.1413f, 1.0f)`FLinearColor for materials and lighting. FColor when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unreal FColor	`FColor(105, 105, 105, 255)`Whole numbers from 0 to 255 — use when an API asks for FColor, not FLinearColor.
Godot Color	`Color(0.412, 0.412, 0.412, 1)`
Flutter Color	`Color(0xFF696969)`Packed ARGB, so alpha comes first.
Android Color	`Color.rgb(105, 105, 105)`
SwiftUI Color	`Color(red: 0.412, green: 0.412, blue: 0.412)`
UIKit UIColor	`UIColor(red: 0.412, green: 0.412, blue: 0.412, alpha: 1)`

Raw valuesPacked integers and plain arrays.

0x hex	`0x696969`
0x hex (ARGB)	`0xFF696969`
Array 0–1	`[0.412, 0.412, 0.412]`
Array 0–255	`[105, 105, 105]`
Decimal integer	`6908265`

Contrast and accessibility

WCAG 2 ratios are what audits and legislation reference. APCA is shown alongside because WCAG 2 is known to misjudge mid-tone backgrounds, and it is the basis of the WCAG 3 draft.

Pairing	WCAG 2 ratio	Level	APCA	Suitable for
Dim Gray on white	5.49:1	AA	Lc 77	Body text, 18px and up
Dim Gray on black	3.83:1	AA Large	Lc 24	Not usable for text

Dim Gray text on a white background

Dim Gray text on a black background

White text on Dim Gray

Black text on Dim Gray

Tonal scale

Hue held fixed while lightness walks OKLCh, ready to use as a design system ramp.

50#f7f7f7
100#ededed
200#dcdcdc
300#c5c5c5
400#a9a9a9
500#8b8b8b
600#717171
700#5b5b5b
800#484848
900#383838
950#1f1f1f

Tints and shades

Mixed perceptually toward white and black, so the steps feel evenly spaced.

Tint 1#808080
Tint 2#989898
Tint 3#b1b1b1
Tint 4#cacaca
Tint 5#e4e4e4
Shade 1#515151
Shade 2#3a3a3a
Shade 3#242424
Shade 4#101010
Shade 5#020202

Colours that work with Dim Gray

Complementary, triadic and analogous partners, rotated in OKLCh so they keep the same apparent brightness.

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Closest CSS names

dimgrayexact match
slategrayΔEok 0.078
grayΔEok 0.079
darkolivegreenΔEok 0.093
tealΔEok 0.095
lightslategrayΔEok 0.103