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#AABDBA

Silver · light neutral

About #AABDBA

#AABDBA is a near-neutral, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 74% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 26% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Silver (ΔE 7.6); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BDAAAD — a greige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #AABDBA for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.70:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red170
Green189
Blue186

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 7.6
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.8
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 11.9

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

Text on #AABDBA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #AABDBA.
1.96:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #AABDBA.
10.70:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#AABDBA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BBBBBA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B7B8BA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A5BEBC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #AABDBA?

#AABDBA is a near-neutral, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 74% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 26% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #AABDBA?

Use black text. Black on #AABDBA has a contrast ratio of 10.70:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #AABDBA?

Its complementary colour is #BDAAAD, and analogous partners are #AABDB0 and #AAB7BD.