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#ACBDBE

Silver · light neutral

About #ACBDBE

#ACBDBE 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 9% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 25% 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 6.6); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BEADAC — a greige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ACBDBE for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 10.78:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red172
Green189
Blue190

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 6.6
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.0
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 12.4

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

Text on #ACBDBE

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #ACBDBE.
1.95:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #ACBDBE.
10.78:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ACBDBE
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BABBBE
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B7B8BE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A7BEBD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ACBDBE?

#ACBDBE 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 9% cyan, 1% magenta, 0% yellow and 25% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #ACBDBE?

Use black text. Black on #ACBDBE has a contrast ratio of 10.78:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ACBDBE?

Its complementary colour is #BEADAC, and analogous partners are #ACBEB6 and #ACB4BE.