Silver

#bcc0c5

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

Silver carries almost no chroma, so it works as a neutral. 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 #bcc0c5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bcc0c5

RGB188, 192, 197

HSL213, 7%, 75%

HSV213, 5%, 77%

CMYK5%, 3%, 0%, 23%

Lab77.53, -0.43, -3.0

XYZ49.67, 52.42, 60.32

Decimal12370117

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone537 C

Shades of silver

#a9aeb5 #969ca4 #838a94 #717982 #60676f #50555c #404449 #2f3236 #1f2123 #0e0f10

Tints of silver

#c2c5ca #c7cbcf #cdd0d4 #d3d6d9 #d9dbde #dee0e3 #e4e6e8 #eaebed #f0f1f2 #f5f6f7

Colors that go with silver

Complementary#c5c1bc Analogous#bcc4c5 Analogous#bdbcc5 Triadic#c5bcc0 Triadic#c0c5bc Split complementary#c5bdbc Split complementary#c4c5bc

Silver in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 5, 3, 0, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bcc0c5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

5 3 0 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

9 7 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 #bcc0c5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bcc0c5; }
.text { color: #bcc0c5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bcc0c5; }

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 #bcc0c5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bcc0c5 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 #bcc0c5 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 #bcc0c5 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 #bcc0c5 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.