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#ACBBB7

Silver · light neutral

About #ACBBB7

#ACBBB7 is a near-neutral, light shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 73% green and 72% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 27% 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 6.7); Greige comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BBACB0 — a silver tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ACBBB7 for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.55:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red172
Green187
Blue183

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 6.7
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 10.3
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.5

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

Text on #ACBBB7

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #ACBBB7.
1.99:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #ACBBB7.
10.55:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #ACBBB7 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#ACBBB7
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BAB9B7
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B7B7B7
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A9BCBA

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ACBBB7?

#ACBBB7 is a near-neutral, light shade in the gray family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 73% green and 72% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 8% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 27% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

›What text colour should I use on #ACBBB7?

Use black text. Black on #ACBBB7 has a contrast ratio of 10.55:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ACBBB7?

Its complementary colour is #BBACB0, and analogous partners are #ACBBB0 and #ACB7BB.