Silver color (#C0C0C0)
Silver is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword silver
anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #C0C0C0, which is rgb(192, 192, 192) in RGB.
It is a light neutral and a perceived lightness of 81% in OKLCH. On a silver background, black text gives the higher contrast at 11.54:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.
Silver color codes
| CSS name | silver |
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|---|---|---|
| HEX | #C0C0C0 |
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| HEX (8-digit) | #C0C0C0FF |
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| RGB | rgb(192, 192, 192) |
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| HSL | hsl(0, 0%, 75%) |
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| HSV / HSB | hsv(0, 0%, 75%) |
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| OKLCH | oklch(80.8% 0 89.9) |
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| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 24.7%) |
Contrast with white and black
WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for silver used as text and as a background.
Tints and shades of silver
Tints mix silver with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.
Tints
Shades
Colors that go with silver
Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-Complementary
Silver with color blindness
Approximately how silver appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.
Using silver in CSS
.element {
color: silver;
background-color: #c0c0c0;
border-color: rgb(192 192 192 / 50%);
outline-color: oklch(80.8% 0 89.9);
}Similar named colors
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