Silver

#bcbeba

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

Hex#bcbeba

RGB188, 190, 186

HSL90, 3%, 74%

HSV90, 2%, 75%

CMYK1%, 0%, 2%, 25%

Lab76.72, -1.43, 1.76

XYZ48.02, 51.06, 53.78

Decimal12369594

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone442 C

Shades of silver

#abada8 #999c96 #888c85 #777a73 #666963 #545752 #434541 #323330 #212220 #0f100f

Tints of silver

#c2c4c0 #c8c9c6 #d3d5d2 #dfe0de #eaebea #f6f6f6

Colors that go with silver

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Silver in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 1, 0, 2, 25.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 0 2 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 4 6 31

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 #bcbeba straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bcbeba 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 #bcbeba 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 #bcbeba 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 #bcbeba are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.