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#ABBDBF

Silver · light neutral

About #ABBDBF

#ABBDBF is a near-neutral, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 74% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 25% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

Of the common colour names it is very close to Silver (ΔE 7.0); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BFADAB — a greige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ABBDBF for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.76:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red171
Green189
Blue191

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 7.0
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.3
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 12.9

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

Text on #ABBDBF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #ABBDBF.
1.95:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #ABBDBF.
10.76:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ABBDBF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BABBBF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B6B8BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A6BFBE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABBDBF?

#ABBDBF is a near-neutral, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 74% green and 75% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 10% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 25% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

›What text colour should I use on #ABBDBF?

Use black text. Black on #ABBDBF has a contrast ratio of 10.76:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABBDBF?

Its complementary colour is #BFADAB, and analogous partners are #ABBFB7 and #ABB3BF.