Silver

#bcc4bc

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 #bcc4bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bcc4bc

RGB188, 196, 188

HSL120, 6%, 75%

HSV120, 4%, 77%

CMYK4%, 0%, 4%, 23%

Lab78.35, -4.24, 3.05

XYZ49.56, 53.8, 55.35

Decimal12371132

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone442 C

Shades of silver

#a9b3a9 #96a396 #849284 #728172 #616e61 #515b51 #404940 #2f362f #1f231f #0e100e

Tints of silver

#c2c9c2 #cdd3cd #d9ddd9 #e4e7e4 #f0f2f0

Colors that go with silver

Complementary#c4bcc4 Analogous#c0c4bc Analogous#bcc4c0 Triadic#bcbcc4 Triadic#c4bcbc Split complementary#c0bcc4 Split complementary#c4bcc0

Silver in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 4, 0, 4, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bcc4bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

4 0 4 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

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

Silver in css

Copy #bcc4bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bcc4bc; }
.text { color: #bcc4bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bcc4bc; }

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 #bcc4bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bcc4bc 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 #bcc4bc 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 #bcc4bc 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 #bcc4bc is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.