Silverware Color

#b8b8bf

Silverware is pale, cool-toned shade of cool blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm yellow, cool green or mid red

Inverse Color #474740
Complementary Color #bfbfb8
Color Shade: cool blue (240° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 73.53% (better contrasting with white)
Silverware Color Sample
Silverware Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #b8b8bf

If you're looking for a similar cool blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Silverware Color. The Lazy Lavender color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a blue cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Adhesion (#9e9cab) for more energetic effect. Try Royal Mile as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#bfbfb8 is the best complementary color to Silverware. Warm yellow shades generally complement the cool blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #b8b8bf complementary color is Gray Nickel, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of blue cyan, cool blue, and warm blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of French Gray are #b8bbbf and #bbb8bf. Thus found on the left and right of #b8b8bf on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Silver Sand and French Gray colors as they work well with Silverware.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Silverware palette consists of #bbbfb8 and #bfbbb8 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bfbfb8). Try Green Spring and Cotton Seed colors in combination with #b8b8bf, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #b8b8bf offers a combination of warm green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Silverware. Thus Pumice and Pink Swan giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Silverware contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Gray Nickel, Pink Swan, and Powder Ash split by 90° on the color wheel. #b8b8bf square combo is a palette of cool blue, red magenta, warm yellow and cool green shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Silverware tetradic combo consists of warm yellow complementary color (#bfbfb8) and two others. The Pink Swan is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Silver Sand – 120° from the complementary Gray Nickel. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bfb8b8 and #b8bfbf.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #b8b8bf is made of 33% red, 33% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Silverware has a hue angle of 240°, a saturation of 5.19% and a lightness of 73.53%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #b8b8bf is made of 2.74% cyan, 2.74% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.1% black ink.

HEX #b8b8bf
RGB Decimal rgb(184,184,191)
RGB Percentage 33%, 33%, 34%
CMYK 2.74, 2.74, 0, 25.1
HSL hsl(240,5.19%,73.53%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(240,3.66%,74.9%)
CIE-LAB lab(74.9716,1.3289,-3.5448)
XYZ xyz(46.3116,48.2329,56.1592)
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