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#BEBDB6

Silver · light neutral

About #BEBDB6

With the hex code #BEBDB6, this is a light gray with a near-neutral character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 74% green and 71% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 4% yellow and 25% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Silver — a ΔE of 4.0 — followed by Greige. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #B6B7BE, a silver shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Black text reads best on it at 11.14:1 (a WCAG AAA pass).

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Red190
Green189
Blue182

Closest named colours

Silver
#C0C0C0 · ΔE 4.0
Greige
#B8AFA3 · ΔE 6.2
Light Gray
#D3D3D3 · ΔE 8.9

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

Text on #BEBDB6

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on silver #BEBDB6.
1.88:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on silver #BEBDB6.
11.14:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #BEBDB6 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#BEBDB6
Protanopia (no red cones)
#BFBCB6
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#BFBDB6
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#BFBCBB

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #BEBDB6?

With the hex code #BEBDB6, this is a light gray with a near-neutral character. Its RGB recipe is 75% red, 74% green and 71% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 1% magenta, 4% yellow and 25% black. Being nearly neutral, it pairs easily with warm and cool tones alike.

›What text colour should I use on #BEBDB6?

Use black text. Black on #BEBDB6 has a contrast ratio of 11.14:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #BEBDB6?

Its complementary colour is #B6B7BE, and analogous partners are #BEB9B6 and #BBBEB6.