ColorXprez

#ABB2AE

Silver · light neutral

About #ABB2AE

#ABB2AE is a light, near-neutral gray colour. Digitally that works out to 67% red, 70% green and 68% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 30% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

Visually it is very close to Silver (ΔE 6.7), with Greige the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #B2ABAF (silver), its complementary partner.

Because it is light, it is most useful for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 9.71:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red171
Green178
Blue174

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 6.7
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 7.5
Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 10.3

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

Text on #ABB2AE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #ABB2AE.
2.16:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #ABB2AE.
9.71:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABB2AE appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABB2AE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B2B1AE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B0B0AE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#AAB2B1

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABB2AE?

#ABB2AE is a light, near-neutral gray colour. Digitally that works out to 67% red, 70% green and 68% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 4% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 30% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #ABB2AE?

Use black text. Black on #ABB2AE has a contrast ratio of 9.71:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABB2AE?

Its complementary colour is #B2ABAF, and analogous partners are #ABB2AB and #ABB2B2.