What is the hex code for silver?

Silver is #C0C0C0. In RGB that is 192, 192, 192, and in HSL it is 0 degrees, 0 percent saturation, 75 percent lightness.

What is the CMYK value of silver?

#C0C0C0 converts to CMYK 0, 0, 0, 25. CMYK is a print space, so a screen can only ever approximate how it will actually be inked.

Can I use silver as a CSS color name?

Yes. silver is a CSS color keyword, so you can write it as a name instead of a hex code and every modern browser will render exactly #C0C0C0.

Silver

#C0C0C0

Silver is the hex color #C0C0C0, with RGB values 192, 192, 192. It is a CSS color keyword, so browsers render it from the name alone, and its value is fixed by the CSS Color Module.

NeutralCSS keyword

Quick colors, then fill the screen

Or a gradient

Or let it move

#C0C0C0rgb(192, 192, 192) · hsl(0, 0%, 75%)

Hue0°

Brightness100%

Silver color codes

Every value for #C0C0C0, ready to paste. Click any code to copy it.

Channel values for #C0C0C0 in each number base
Channel	Decimal	Share	Hex	Octal	Binary
Red	192	75.29%	C0	300	11000000
Green	192	75.29%	C0	300	11000000
Blue	192	75.29%	C0	300	11000000

The nearest web-safe color is #CCCCCC, from the 216-color palette browsers agreed on before displays could be trusted with more.

About silver

A light grey from the original sixteen HTML colors. Like gold, it cannot actually look metallic as a flat fill, because metal reads as metal through reflection rather than hue.

Shades, tints and tones

Every step is generated from #C0C0C0. Click a swatch to copy its hex.

Shades of silver

A shade is the base color with black mixed in. Shades read as deeper and more dramatic, and they are what you reach for when a color needs to recede or carry weight.

Tints of silver

A tint is the base color with white mixed in. Tints turn pastel as they lighten, which makes them useful for backgrounds and for anything that has to sit behind text.

Tones of silver

A tone is the base color with grey mixed in. Tones lose the shout without losing the hue, and they are usually what separates a considered palette from a loud one.

The silver scale

The same color as the 50 to 950 ladder every CSS framework uses, with #C0C0C0 at 500. Click a step to copy its hex, or take the whole scale as variables for a design system.

Color schemes built on silver

Harmonies are positions on the color wheel rather than matters of taste, which is why they keep working across very different designs.

Complementary

Two colors from opposite sides of the wheel. They make each other look more vivid, which is why the pairing is used for anything that needs to stand out.

Analogous

Three neighbours on the wheel. Nothing competes, so the result reads calm and settled, closer to how colour behaves in nature.

Split complementary

The base plus the two colors either side of its complement. It keeps most of the contrast while being much easier to balance.

Triadic

Three colors spaced evenly around the wheel. Strong and lively, and usually best with one dominant color and two accents.

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs, forming a rectangle on the wheel. The richest scheme available, and the hardest to keep from shouting.

Monochromatic

One hue at different lightness levels. Effortlessly cohesive, and the safest way to build a palette around a brand color.

Colors close to #C0C0C0

Near neighbours, for when this color is almost right. Each one shifts hue, saturation or lightness by a small step.

Silver color palettes

Five-color palettes built around #C0C0C0, each following a different scheme. Click any swatch to copy it, or open the generator to build your own.

Analogous

Complementary

Triadic

Monochromatic

Open the palette generator to lock the colors you like and regenerate the rest.

Contrast and readability

Whether silver works as text, and what to put on top of it when it is the background. Ratios follow WCAG 2.1, where 4.5 is the bar for body text and 3 for large text.

Silver text on white background

1.82:1 · Poor

Large text at 24 pixels

Body text at 16 pixels. A flat field of color removes every variable, which is what makes it useful for judging a display.

Body AA
Body AAA
Large AA
Large AAA

Silver text on black background

11.54:1 · Excellent

Large text at 24 pixels

Body text at 16 pixels. A flat field of color removes every variable, which is what makes it useful for judging a display.

Body AA
Body AAA
Large AA
Large AAA

Used the other way round, #C0C0C0 as a background takes #000000 text. That is the higher-contrast of the two, and it is what the tool picks automatically for any chrome sitting on your color.

Silver reads better on a black background of the two. Contrast is a property of the pair, not of one color, so a color that fails here can still be perfectly usable against a different partner.

The grey family

Silver sits in the grey family. Every named grey in the library, with silver first.

Name	Hex	RGB	HSL
Silver is a CSS keyword is the color on this page	#C0C0C0	192, 192, 192	0, 0%, 75%
Charcoal	#36454F	54, 69, 79	204, 19%, 26%
Slate gray is a CSS keyword	#708090	112, 128, 144	210, 13%, 50%
Platinum	#E5E4E2	229, 228, 226	40, 5%, 89%
Stone	#928E85	146, 142, 133	42, 6%, 55%
Pearl	#EAE0C8	234, 224, 200	42, 45%, 85%
Graphite	#4B4E53	75, 78, 83	217, 5%, 31%
Gainsboro is a CSS keyword	#DCDCDC	220, 220, 220	0, 0%, 86%
Dim gray is a CSS keyword	#696969	105, 105, 105	0, 0%, 41%