Silver

#c2bcbc

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 #c2bcbc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c2bcbc

RGB194, 188, 188

HSL0, 5%, 75%

HSV0, 3%, 76%

CMYK0%, 3%, 3%, 24%

Lab76.72, 2.11, 0.74

XYZ49.31, 51.07, 54.83

Decimal12762300

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5305 C

Shades of silver

#b1aaaa #a19797 #908585 #7e7373 #6c6262 #5a5252 #474141 #353030 #221f1f #100f0f

Tints of silver

#c7c2c2 #ccc8c8 #d2cdcd #d7d3d3 #dcd9d9 #e1dfdf #e7e4e4 #eceaea #f1f0f0 #f6f6f6

Colors that go with silver

Complementary#bcc2c2 Analogous#c2bcbf Analogous#c2bfbc Triadic#bcc2bc Triadic#bcbcc2 Split complementary#bcc2bf Split complementary#bcbfc2

Silver in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 3, 3, 24.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c2bcbc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 3 3 24

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 7 7 30

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 #c2bcbc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c2bcbc; }
.text { color: #c2bcbc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c2bcbc; }

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 #c2bcbc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c2bcbc 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 #c2bcbc 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 #c2bcbc 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

Every value on this page for #c2bcbc is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.