Silver

#bbbbc4

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. Almost anything sits on top of it, which is what makes a good neutral useful.

Silver color values

Every conversion for #bbbbc4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bbbbc4

RGB187, 187, 196

HSL240, 7%, 75%

HSV240, 5%, 77%

CMYK5%, 5%, 0%, 23%

Lab76.13, 1.71, -4.54

XYZ48.23, 50.09, 59.35

Decimal12303300

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone537 C

Shades of silver

#a8a8b4 #9595a3 #828293 #707082 #60606f #50505c #3f3f49 #2f2f36 #1f1f23 #0e0e10

Tints of silver

#c1c1c9 #c7c7ce #cdcdd3 #d2d2d8 #d8d8dd #dedee2 #e4e4e7 #eaeaed #f0f0f2 #f5f5f7

Colors that go with silver

Complementary#c4c4bb Analogous#bbc0c4 Analogous#c0bbc4 Triadic#c4bbbb Triadic#bbc4bb Split complementary#c4c0bb Split complementary#c0c4bb

Silver in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 5, 5, 0, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bbbbc4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

5 5 0 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

9 9 4 29

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 #bbbbc4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bbbbc4; }
.text { color: #bbbbc4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bbbbc4; }

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 #bbbbc4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bbbbc4 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 #bbbbc4 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 #bbbbc4 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

Here is how the numbers for #bbbbc4 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.