Silver color: hex codes, shades and palettes

Palettes built around silver. Click any swatch to copy its hex code.

Silver is #C0C0C0 — light grey. Below are its shades with hex codes, the values in every common format, and silver color palettes to copy.

Silver hex, RGB, HSL and OKLCH

#C0C0C0
HEX
#C0C0C0
RGB
rgb(192, 192, 192)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 75%)
OKLCH
oklch(80.8% 0.000 89.9)
On white
1.82:1
On black
11.54:1

Shades of silver

Eleven steps from one base color, generated in OKLCH so each step is an equal perceived step rather than an equal numeric one. Click a swatch to copy it.

Contrast and readability

Silver on white measures 1.82:1 and on black 11.54:1. WCAG AA asks for 4.5:1 on normal text and 3:1 on large text and UI components, so the higher of those two decides which background it belongs on. In the scale above, 500 is the first to clear 4.5:1 on white, at 5.25:1.

The contrast checker reports every level for a given pair and suggests the nearest passing shade on the same hue. The color picker builds this same scale from any color you paste in.

Related colors:gray, slate, pewter. See every shade on the colors index.