Silver color
Inspect Silver (#C0C0C0) in HEX, RGB, HSL, LCH and OKLCH, check its contrast, and copy the value you need.
Silver color values
Silver
#C0C0C0
Black text reads best on this background, at 11.54:1.
Silver is one of the 148 CSS named colors, and resolves to #C0C0C0 in every browser. In numbers that is rgb(192, 192, 192) and hsl(0, 0%, 75%). Perceptually it is a light, near-neutral color: OKLCH puts its lightness at 81% and its chroma at 0. It carries almost no chroma, so it behaves as a neutral rather than as a hue, and belongs with the grays.
White text only reaches 1.82:1 here, so black text is the safer pairing at 11.54:1. With this little chroma it recedes, which makes it useful for borders, dividers and secondary surfaces.
The closest CSS named colors to Silver, measured with CIEDE2000, are LightGray (#D3D3D3), LightGrey (#D3D3D3), DarkGray (#A9A9A9). If Silver is not quite right, those are the nearest keywords to try before reaching for a custom value.
HEX
#C0C0C0
RGB
rgb(192, 192, 192)
HSL
hsl(0, 0%, 75%)
HWB
hwb(0 75% 25%)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 25%)
LAB
lab(77.7 0 0)
LCH
lch(77.7 0 0)
OKLCH
oklch(80.78% 0 0)
Is Silver accessible?
WCAG asks for 4.5:1 between body text and its background. On #C0C0C0 white text measures 1.82:1 and black text 11.54:1, so black clears it and white does not.
White text on Silver
WCAG 2.2
1.82:1
APCA
Lc 38
Fails AA body text
Fails AAA body text
Fails AA large text
Black text on Silver
WCAG 2.2
11.54:1
APCA
Lc 69
Passes AA body text
Passes AAA body text
Passes AA large text
Check Silver against any other color in the contrast checker.
Tints and shades of Silver
Silver sits at 81% OKLCH lightness. Holding its hue and chroma and moving only that value carries it up to #F8F8F8 and down to #060606, which keeps the family recognizable instead of letting it drift toward gray the way a plain HSL ramp does.
Tints, toward white
#CBCBCB
20% lighter
#D6D6D6
40% lighter
#E1E1E1
60% lighter
#EDEDED
80% lighter
#F8F8F8
100% lighter
Shades, toward black
#959595
20% darker
#6C6C6C
40% darker
#464646
60% darker
#232323
80% darker
#060606
100% darker
Build a full accessible scale from #C0C0C0 in the shade generator.
How Silver looks with color blindness
Silver barely moves under any of the four common forms of color blindness, the largest shift being 0 CIEDE2000 units under protanopia. It stays recognizable, though it still should not be the only thing carrying meaning.
Protanopia
#C0C0C0
Deuteranopia
#C0C0C0
Tritanopia
#C0C0C0
Achromatopsia
#C0C0C0
Colors similar to Silver
The nearest CSS keywords to #C0C0C0, ranked by perceptual distance rather than by how close their hex digits happen to look.