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#AAB7BD

Silver · light neutral

About #AAB7BD

#AAB7BD is a near-neutral, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 72% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 26% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Silver (ΔE 7.0); Dusty Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BDB0AA — a greige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #AAB7BD for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.22:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red170
Green183
Blue189

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 7.0
Dusty Blue
#8CA3B8 · ΔE 11.7
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 12.3

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

Text on #AAB7BD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #AAB7BD.
2.06:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #AAB7BD.
10.22:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #AAB7BD appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#AAB7BD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B4B6BD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B1B4BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A5B9B9

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #AAB7BD?

#AAB7BD is a near-neutral, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 72% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 3% magenta, 0% yellow and 26% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

›What text colour should I use on #AAB7BD?

Use black text. Black on #AAB7BD has a contrast ratio of 10.22:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #AAB7BD?

Its complementary colour is #BDB0AA, and analogous partners are #AABDBA and #AAADBD.