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#ABB3BA

Silver · light neutral

About #ABB3BA

#ABB3BA is a near-neutral, light shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 70% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 27% 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 7.0); Dusty Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BAB2AB — a greige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ABB3BA for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 9.89:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red171
Green179
Blue186

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 7.0
Dusty Blue
#8CA3B8 · ΔE 11.3
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 12.1

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

Text on #ABB3BA

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #ABB3BA.
2.12:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #ABB3BA.
9.89:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABB3BA appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABB3BA
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B0B3BA
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#AEB1BA
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A7B5B5

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABB3BA?

#ABB3BA is a near-neutral, light shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 70% green and 73% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 27% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #ABB3BA?

Use black text. Black on #ABB3BA has a contrast ratio of 9.89:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABB3BA?

Its complementary colour is #BAB2AB, and analogous partners are #ABBABA and #ABABBA.