Silver

#b8b8bc

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

Silver is a near neutral, light with barely any hue. Neutrals like this hold a palette together quietly. Almost anything sits on top of it, which is what makes a good neutral useful.

Silver color values

Every conversion for #b8b8bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#b8b8bc

RGB184, 184, 188

HSL240, 3%, 73%

HSV240, 2%, 74%

CMYK2%, 2%, 0%, 26%

Lab74.89, 0.76, -2.03

XYZ45.98, 48.1, 54.44

Decimal12105916

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone537 C

Shades of silver

#a6a6ab #95959b #83838a #727279 #626268 #515156 #414144 #303033 #1f1f21 #0f0f10

Tints of silver

#bebec2 #c4c4c8 #cbcbce #d1d1d3 #d7d7d9 #dddddf #e3e3e5 #e9e9eb #f0f0f1 #f6f6f6

Colors that go with silver

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Silver in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 2, 2, 0, 26.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #b8b8bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 2 0 26

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 6 4 32

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 #b8b8bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #b8b8bc; }
.text { color: #b8b8bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #b8b8bc; }

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 #b8b8bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #b8b8bc 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 #b8b8bc 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 #b8b8bc 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 #b8b8bc is computed, not guessed. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.