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#ACBEBD

Silver · light neutral

About #ACBEBD

#ACBEBD is a near-neutral, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 75% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% 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 6.9); Light Gray comes next. Its complementary colour, directly opposite on the colour wheel, is #BEACAD — a greige tone that gives the strongest contrast in hue.

Designers tend to use light tones like #ACBEBD for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.85:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red172
Green190
Blue189

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 6.9
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.1
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 12.2

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

Text on #ACBEBD

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #ACBEBD.
1.93:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #ACBEBD.
10.85:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

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

Normal vision
#ACBEBD
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BCBCBD
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B8B9BD
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#A7BFBE

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #ACBEBD?

#ACBEBD is a near-neutral, light shade in the teal family. On screen it is built from 67% red, 75% green and 74% blue; for print, its CMYK mix is 9% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% 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 #ACBEBD?

Use black text. Black on #ACBEBD has a contrast ratio of 10.85:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #ACBEBD?

Its complementary colour is #BEACAD, and analogous partners are #ACBEB4 and #ACB6BE.