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#ABBBC4

Silver · light neutral

About #ABBBC4

#ABBBC4 is a near-neutral, light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 73% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 23% 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 7.9); Dusty Blue comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C4B4AB — a greige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ABBBC4 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.64:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red171
Green187
Blue196

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 7.9
Dusty Blue
#8CA3B8 · ΔE 11.5
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 12.1

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

Text on #ABBBC4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #ABBBC4.
1.97:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #ABBBC4.
10.64:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABBBC4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABBBC4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B7BAC5
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B3B7C4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A5BEBE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABBBC4?

#ABBBC4 is a near-neutral, light shade in the blue family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 73% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 5% magenta, 0% yellow and 23% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #ABBBC4?

Use black text. Black on #ABBBC4 has a contrast ratio of 10.64:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABBBC4?

Its complementary colour is #C4B4AB, and analogous partners are #ABC4C1 and #ABAEC4.