Silver

#c7c1c9

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 #c7c1c9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c7c1c9

RGB199, 193, 201

HSL285, 7%, 77%

HSV285, 4%, 79%

CMYK1%, 4%, 0%, 21%

Lab78.75, 3.56, -3.27

XYZ53.17, 54.5, 62.98

Decimal13091273

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5305 C

Shades of silver

#b5aeb8 #a49aa7 #928796 #817485 #6e6371 #5b525e #48414b #353037 #231f24 #100e10

Tints of silver

#d0cbd2 #d5d1d7 #dfdbe0 #e8e6e9 #f2f0f2

Colors that go with silver

Complementary#c3c9c1 Analogous#c3c1c9 Analogous#c9c1c7 Triadic#c9c7c1 Triadic#c1c9c7 Split complementary#c7c9c1 Split complementary#c1c9c3

Silver in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 1, 4, 0, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c7c1c9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 4 0 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 8 4 27

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 #c7c1c9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c7c1c9; }
.text { color: #c7c1c9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c7c1c9; }

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 #c7c1c9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c7c1c9 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 #c7c1c9 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 #c7c1c9 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 #c7c1c9 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 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.