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#ABBAC2

Silver · light neutral

About #ABBAC2

#ABBAC2 is a near-neutral, light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 73% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 24% 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 7.5); Dusty Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C2B3AB — a greige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ABBAC2 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.53:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red171
Green186
Blue194

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 7.5
Dusty Blue
#8CA3B8 · ΔE 11.6
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 12.0

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

Text on #ABBAC2

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #ABBAC2.
1.99:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #ABBAC2.
10.53:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABBAC2 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABBAC2
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B6B9C2
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B3B6C2
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A5BCBC

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABBAC2?

#ABBAC2 is a near-neutral, light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 73% green and 76% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 12% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 24% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #ABBAC2?

Use black text. Black on #ABBAC2 has a contrast ratio of 10.53:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABBAC2?

Its complementary colour is #C2B3AB, and analogous partners are #ABC2BE and #ABAEC2.