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#ABBEC4

Silver · light neutral

About #ABBEC4

#ABBEC4 is a near-neutral, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 75% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 3% 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 7.7); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #C4B1AB — a greige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ABBEC4 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.89:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red171
Green190
Blue196

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 7.7
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.5
Light Blue
#ADD8E6 · ΔE 11.7

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

Text on #ABBEC4

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #ABBEC4.
1.93:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #ABBEC4.
10.89:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ABBEC4 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ABBEC4
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BABDC4
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B6B9C4
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A4C0C0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ABBEC4?

#ABBEC4 is a near-neutral, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 75% green and 77% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 13% cyan, 3% 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 #ABBEC4?

Use black text. Black on #ABBEC4 has a contrast ratio of 10.89:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ABBEC4?

Its complementary colour is #C4B1AB, and analogous partners are #ABC4BD and #ABB1C4.