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#A5BCBB

Silver · light cool teal

About #A5BCBB

With the hex code #A5BCBB, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 65% red, 74% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a cool colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Silver — a ΔE of 8.9 — followed by Light Gray. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BCA5A6, a dusty rose shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.51:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

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Red165
Green188
Blue187

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 8.9
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 13.0
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 13.4

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #A5BCBB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #A5BCBB.
2.00:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #A5BCBB.
10.51:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #A5BCBB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#A5BCBB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B9B9BB
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B4B6BB
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#9FBEBC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #A5BCBB?

With the hex code #A5BCBB, this is a light teal with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 65% red, 74% green and 73% blue, while a printer would mix 12% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 26% black. It reads as a cool colour.

›What text colour should I use on #A5BCBB?

Use black text. Black on #A5BCBB has a contrast ratio of 10.51:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #A5BCBB?

Its complementary colour is #BCA5A6, and analogous partners are #A5BCAF and #A5B2BC.