ColorXprez

#B2B7BF

Silver · light neutral

About #B2B7BF

With the hex code #B2B7BF, this is a light gray with a near-neutral character. Its RGB recipe is 70% red, 72% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 7% cyan, 4% magenta, 0% yellow and 25% black. It is close to neutral, so it sits comfortably next to both warm and cool colours.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Silver — a ΔE of 5.8 — followed by Light Gray. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #BFBAB2, a greige shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.42:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

Colour codes

HEX
RGB
HSL
HSV / HSB
CMYK
CIELAB
Decimal
CSS
Red178
Green183
Blue191

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 5.8
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 11.3
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 12.3

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

Text on #B2B7BF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #B2B7BF.
2.02:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #B2B7BF.
10.42:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #B2B7BF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#B2B7BF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B5B7BF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#B3B6BF
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#AFB9B9

Shades, tints & matching colours

Tints and shades

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Similar colours

Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #B2B7BF?

With the hex code #B2B7BF, this is a light gray with a near-neutral character. Its RGB recipe is 70% red, 72% green and 75% blue, while a printer would mix 7% cyan, 4% 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 #B2B7BF?

Use black text. Black on #B2B7BF has a contrast ratio of 10.42:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #B2B7BF?

Its complementary colour is #BFBAB2, and analogous partners are #B2BDBF and #B3B2BF.