Silver #C0C0C0

About this color

#C0C0C0 is a light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 81%, its chroma 0.000. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. It is the named color Silver. Black text reads best on it, at 11.54:1.

Colors that go with Silver

Matches found by rotating Silver around the OKLCH hue wheel, each labelled with the closest name in our list.

Silver is close to neutral, so it has no hue to rotate. It pairs with almost any color; try the palettes below.

Color palettes with Silver

Curated color palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.06 (OKLab) of Silver, closest first.

• Linen Gallery
• Dew Nest
• Crocus Orchard
• Champagne Reception
• Zenith Afternoon
• Steam and Rainfall
• Champagne Bouquet
• Dew Meadow

Similar named colors

The eight named colors closest to Silver, with their ΔE distance.

• Ash Gray #BFC8AD ΔE 0.040
• Cloudy Blue #ACC2D9 ΔE 0.041
• French Gray #ADB5BD ΔE 0.041
• Light Steel Blue #B0C4DE ΔE 0.043
• Light Blue Grey #B7C9E2 ΔE 0.046
• Thistle #D8BFD8 ΔE 0.051
• Pinkish Grey #C8ACA9 ΔE 0.052
• Light Grey Blue #9DBCD4 ΔE 0.055

More about Silver

• Shades of gray
• Colors that go with Silver
• What Silver means

How to make Silver

A starting recipe from common paint colors, found with a spectral paint model (the color mixer’s paint mode). Real pigments vary, so mix a small test batch and adjust.

• 1 part white
• 1 part gray

Recipe result: #BFBFBF, a difference of ΔE 0.004 from Silver. That is very close: most people will not see the difference.

What colors make gray? | Color mixing chart

Codes for Silver in every format

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Shades and tints of Silver

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

1. Step 50

   50

   #F5F5F5

   oklch(97% 0 0)

2. Step 100

   100

   #EAEAEA

   oklch(93.7% 0 0)

3. Step 200

   200

   #D9D9D9

   oklch(88.5% 0 0)

4. Step 300

   300 (this color)

   #C0C0C0

   oklch(80.8% 0 0)

5. Step 400

   400

   #A0A0A0

   oklch(70.6% 0 0)

6. Step 500

   500

   #898989

   oklch(63% 0 0)

7. Step 600

   600

   #737373

   oklch(55.6% 0 0)

8. Step 700

   700

   #616161

   oklch(49.3% 0 0)

9. Step 800

   800

   #4F4F4F

   oklch(42.8% 0 0)

10. Step 900

    900

    #414141

    oklch(37.5% 0 0)

11. Step 950

    950

    #262626

    oklch(26.9% 0 0)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

Silver with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.