Silver

#bdbcc5

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 #bdbcc5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#bdbcc5

RGB189, 188, 197

HSL247, 7%, 75%

HSV247, 5%, 77%

CMYK4%, 5%, 0%, 23%

Lab76.57, 2.05, -4.41

XYZ49.05, 50.82, 60.05

Decimal12434629

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone537 C

Shades of silver

#aaa9b5 #9896a4 #858394 #737182 #62606f #51505c #414049 #302f36 #1f1f23 #0e0e10

Tints of silver

#c3c2ca #c8c7cf #cecdd4 #d4d3d9 #d9d9de #dfdee3 #e5e4e8 #eaeaed #f0f0f2 #f6f5f7

Colors that go with silver

Complementary#c4c5bc Analogous#bcc0c5 Analogous#c2bcc5 Triadic#c5bdbc Triadic#bcc5bd Split complementary#c5c2bc Split complementary#c0c5bc

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 4, 5, 0, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #bdbcc5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

4 5 0 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

8 9 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 #bdbcc5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #bdbcc5; }
.text { color: #bdbcc5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #bdbcc5; }

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 #bdbcc5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #bdbcc5 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 #bdbcc5 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 #bdbcc5 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 #bdbcc5 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.