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Information about Silver Chalice color

#ACACAC - Silver Chalice color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #ACACAC ("Silver Chalice") belongs to the Greyscale Color Family, featuring Desaturated and Very Light brightness. In numbers: rgb(172, 172, 172) (67.5% red, 67.5% green, 67.5% blue), or CMYK 0 / 0 / 0 / 33 for print. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A softly muted neutral grey, #ACACAC appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Bombay (#AEAEAD). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Ajay (#B0ACAE) and Double Surrender (#A8AAAB).

Technically, #ACACAC is a perfectly balanced RGB mix — red, green and blue all sit at 172, which is what makes it a true neutral. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #ACACAC: 9.3:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.3:1 for white. This precise shade carries the officially registered name "Silver Chalice" in the Register.

Silver Chalice color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

Why this page shows fewer blocks

Silver Chalice belongs to the Greyscale Color Family, and greyscale colors have no hue. Hue is an angle on the color wheel, and that angle only exists when a color leans toward one primary more than the others. Here all three channels are equal (R = G = B), so there is nothing to lean and no angle to measure.

Everything built on rotating that angle therefore has nothing to rotate. A complementary color is the hue 180° away — for a grey, that is the same grey. The same goes for analogous, triadic, tetradic and square harmonies. Rather than show seven identical swatches, the register leaves the Hues variation strip and the whole Harmonies section out.

What remains is everything that depends on lightness rather than hue. Tints, shades and tones still work, because they move the color up and down the scale instead of around the wheel. So do the nearest named colors, the conversions and the adjacent color codes.

How the register classifies colors · All greyscale colors in the register

Nearest named colors to Silver Chalice

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Bombay color link
Bombay

#AEAEAD

Ajay color link
Ajay

#B0ACAE

Subtle Gray color link
Subtle Gray

#ADAAA8

Half Delta color link
Half Delta

#AEB0AA

Dark Gray color link
Dark Gray

#A9A9A9

Metro color link
Metro

#ACAFB1

Silver Foil color link
Silver Foil

#AFB1AE

Misty Ash color link
Misty Ash

#ADB2B0

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#ACACAC
  • RGB172, 172, 172
  • CMYK0, 0, 0, 33
  • CSSrgb(172, 172, 172)
  • HSL0°, 0%, 67%
  • HSL Precise0°, 0%, 67.451%
  • HSV0°, 0%, 67%
  • HSB0°, 0%, 67%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.675
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.675
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.675
  • GLSLvec3(0.675, 0.675, 0.675)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.675, 0.675, 0.675, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.675, 0.675, 0.675)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB67.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB67.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB67.5%
  • Color FamilyGreyscale
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDACACAC
  • DECIMAL ID11316396
  • Name Length14
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