HEX Color #C5BDBD (Silver)

About #C5BDBD

At its core, #C5BDBD is a light and muted hue. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Silver. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 197, 189, and 189.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 4% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Strict adherence to these ratios protects visually impaired users from unreadable interfaces.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#C5BDBD

RGB197, 189, 189

HSL0.0°, 6.5%, 75.7%

CMYK0%, 4%, 4%, 23%

HSV0.0°, 4.1%, 77.3%

LAB77.2, 2.8, 1.0

XYZ50.4, 51.9, 55.5

Decimal12959165

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#C5BDBD #BDC4C4

Analogous

#C4BDC1 #C4C1BD

Triadic

#BDC4BD #BDBDC4

Tetradic

#C1C4BD #BDC4C4 #C1BDC4

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#C5BDBD

#CBC4C4

#D1CBCB

#D8D3D3

#DEDADA

#E5E1E1

#EBE9E9

#F2F0F0

#F8F7F7

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#C5BDBD

#AFA8A8

#999393

#837E7E

#6D6969

#575454

#413F3F

#2B2A2A

#151515

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.84:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

11.39:1

Text on #000000

AAA

1.76:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

9.68:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #C5BDBD; }

.text-color { color: #C5BDBD; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #C5BDBD; }

Similar Colors

Silver

#C0C0C0