Silver

#beb6b6

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 #beb6b6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#beb6b6

RGB190, 182, 182

HSL0, 6%, 73%

HSV0, 4%, 75%

CMYK0%, 4%, 4%, 25%

Lab74.69, 2.83, 1.0

XYZ46.41, 47.78, 51.03

Decimal12498614

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5305 C

Shades of silver

#aea4a4 #9e9292 #8e8080 #7d6f6f #6a5f5f #584f4f #463f3f #342f2f #221e1e #100e0e

Tints of silver

#c4bcbc #c9c3c3 #d5cfcf #dad6d6 #e6e2e2 #ebe9e9 #f7f6f6

Colors that go with silver

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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 0, 4, 4, 25.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #beb6b6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 4 25

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 8 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 #beb6b6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #beb6b6; }
.text { color: #beb6b6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #beb6b6; }

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 #beb6b6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #beb6b6 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 #beb6b6 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 #beb6b6 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 #beb6b6 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.