Silver

#bbbab0

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for silver, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Silver is a near neutral, light with barely any hue. Neutrals like this hold a palette together quietly. It works under any accent color, holding a scheme together without competing.

Silver color values

Every conversion for #bbbab0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbbab0

RGB187, 186, 176

HSL55, 7%, 71%

HSV55, 6%, 73%

CMYK0%, 1%, 6%, 27%

Lab75.34, -1.45, 5.18

XYZ45.89, 48.82, 48.08

Decimal12303024

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone421 C

Shades of silver

#acaa9e #9c9b8c #8d8b7a #7c7a6a #6a685b #58574c #46453c #34342d #22221e #10100e

Tints of silver

#c1c0b7 #c7c6be #cdccc5 #d3d2cc #d9d8d3 #dfdeda #e5e4e1 #ebeae8 #f1f1ee #f7f7f5

Colors that go with silver

Complementary#b0b1bb Analogous#bbb4b0 Analogous#b6bbb0 Triadic#b0bbba Triadic#bab0bb Split complementary#b0b6bb Split complementary#b4b0bb

Silver in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 1, 6, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbbab0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 1 6 27

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 5 10 33

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Silver in css

Copy #bbbab0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbbab0; }
.text { color: #bbbab0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbbab0; }

How silver looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Silver and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #bbbab0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbbab0 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Silver on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #bbbab0 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around silver? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn silver into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #bbbab0 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from silver, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #bbbab0 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.