Silver

#bab3b1

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

This is Silver, a light neutral that behaves like a grey. 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 #bab3b1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bab3b1

RGB186, 179, 177

HSL13, 6%, 71%

HSV13, 5%, 73%

CMYK0%, 4%, 5%, 27%

Lab73.45, 2.12, 1.89

XYZ44.31, 45.85, 48.11

Decimal12235697

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone422 C

Shades of silver

#aaa29f #9b918e #8b7f7c #7a6f6c #685f5c #574f4d #453f3d #342f2e #221f1e #100f0e

Tints of silver

#c0bab8 #c6c0bf #ccc7c6 #d2cecc #d8d4d3 #dedbda #e4e2e1 #f1efef

Colors that go with silver

Complementary#b1b8ba Analogous#bab1b3 Analogous#bab7b1 Triadic#b1bab3 Triadic#b3b1ba Split complementary#b1bab7 Split complementary#b1b3ba

Silver in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 5, 27.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bab3b1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 5 27

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 9 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Silver in css

Copy #bab3b1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bab3b1; }
.text { color: #bab3b1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bab3b1; }

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 #bab3b1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bab3b1 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Silver on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #bab3b1 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn silver into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #bab3b1 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 #bab3b1 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.