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Silver Metallic Palette

Silver Metallic Palette: #AAA9AD, #ACADA9, #A9AAAD, #ACA9AD. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Silver Metallic Palette assigns primary #AAA9AD, secondary #ACADA9, surface #A9AAAD, background #ACA9AD, accent #000000. The set spans Gray families with neutral temperature. Luminance runs from #000000 at 0 to #ACADA9 at 0.4152; black gives higher contrast on 4 of 5 values.

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Palette Color Roles

Silver Metallic Palette maps 5 colors to practical UI roles for interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#AAA9ADSilver Metallic
Secondary#ACADA9#ACADA9
Surface#A9AAAD#A9AAAD
Background#ACA9AD#ACA9AD
Accent#000000Black

CSS Variables

--palette-silver-metallic-primary: #AAA9AD;
--palette-silver-metallic-secondary: #ACADA9;
--palette-silver-metallic-surface: #A9AAAD;
--palette-silver-metallic-background: #ACA9AD;
--palette-silver-metallic-accent: #000000;

Accessibility Snapshot

Compare all 5 Silver Metallic Palette values against black and white text, with the stronger standard foreground identified for each role.

Primary#AAA9AD
Black 8.99:1 · White 2.34:1
Best #000000
Secondary#ACADA9
Black 9.3:1 · White 2.26:1
Best #000000
Surface#A9AAAD
Black 9.04:1 · White 2.32:1
Best #000000
Background#ACA9AD
Black 9.03:1 · White 2.33:1
Best #000000
Accent#000000
Black 1:1 · White 21:1
Best #FFFFFF

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Silver Metallic Palette roles behave together across common interface components before copying the CSS variables.

ButtonPrimary action with checked foreground contrast.
CardSurface treatment using palette roles.
AlertBackground, text, and accent roles together.
NavbarSecondary role with accent state.

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Silver Metallic Palette Data (JSON)

Structured palette data for Silver Metallic Palette, including color roles, accessibility, semantic groups, use cases, CSS variables, and API links.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.3994
Black text8.99:1AA Pass
White text2.34:1AA Fail
colorsPalette colors with roles and color systems
rolesPrimary, secondary, surface, background, and accent mapping
accessibilityContrast and WCAG text options by palette color
semanticGroupsAI-readable palette labels
useCasesDesign and implementation contexts
cssVariablesCopy-ready CSS custom properties
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Roles
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#AAA9AD",
    "name": "Silver Metallic"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#ACADA9",
    "name": "#ACADA9"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#A9AAAD",
    "name": "#A9AAAD"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#ACA9AD",
    "name": "#ACA9AD"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#AAA9AD",
    "name": "Silver Metallic",
    "blackContrast": 8.99,
    "whiteContrast": 2.34,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#ACADA9",
    "name": "#ACADA9",
    "blackContrast": 9.3,
    "whiteContrast": 2.26,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#A9AAAD",
    "name": "#A9AAAD",
    "blackContrast": 9.04,
    "whiteContrast": 2.32,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#ACA9AD",
    "name": "#ACA9AD",
    "blackContrast": 9.03,
    "whiteContrast": 2.33,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black",
    "blackContrast": 1,
    "whiteContrast": 21,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "silver metallic palette",
  "generated palette",
  "gray palette",
  "muted palette",
  "dark palette",
  "neutral palette"
]
Use cases
[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "quiet UI themes"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-silver-metallic-primary: #AAA9AD;\n--palette-silver-metallic-secondary: #ACADA9;\n--palette-silver-metallic-surface: #A9AAAD;\n--palette-silver-metallic-background: #ACA9AD;\n--palette-silver-metallic-accent: #000000;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "silver-metallic",
  "name": "Silver Metallic Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "silver-metallic",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Silver Metallic, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Silver Metallic Palette combines primary #AAA9AD, secondary #ACADA9, surface #A9AAAD, background #ACA9AD, accent #000000. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a gray palette, muted palette, dark palette system for design system tokens, CSS variables, palette reference, and AI color ingestion, with each color mapped to roles, contrast data, CSS tokens, and machine-readable JSON.",
  "semanticGroups": [
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    "generated palette",
    "gray palette",
    "muted palette",
    "dark palette",
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  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion",
    "quiet UI themes"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
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      "slug": "silver-metallic",
      "name": "Silver Metallic",
      "rgb": [
        170,
        169,
        173
      ],
      "hsl": [
        255,
        2,
        67
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        2,
        2,
        0,
        32
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.3994,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 8.99,
        "white": 2.34
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/silver-metallic/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#ACADA9",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#ACADA9",
      "rgb": [
        172,
        173,
        169
      ],
      "hsl": [
        75,
        2,
        67
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        1,
        0,
        2,
        32
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.4152,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 9.3,
        "white": 2.26
      },
      "wcag": {
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          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
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        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#A9AAAD",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#A9AAAD",
      "rgb": [
        169,
        170,
        173
      ],
      "hsl": [
        225,
        2,
        67
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        2,
        2,
        0,
        32
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.402,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 9.04,
        "white": 2.32
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#ACA9AD",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#ACA9AD",
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        172,
        169,
        173
      ],
      "hsl": [
        285,
        2,
        67
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        1,
        2,
        0,
        32
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.4016,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 9.03,
        "white": 2.33
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "slug": "black",
      "name": "Black",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
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      ],
      "luminance": 0,
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        "white": 21
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
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    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#AAA9AD",
      "name": "Silver Metallic"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#ACADA9",
      "name": "#ACADA9"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#A9AAAD",
      "name": "#A9AAAD"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#ACA9AD",
      "name": "#ACA9AD"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#AAA9AD",
      "name": "Silver Metallic",
      "blackContrast": 8.99,
      "whiteContrast": 2.34,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#ACADA9",
      "name": "#ACADA9",
      "blackContrast": 9.3,
      "whiteContrast": 2.26,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#A9AAAD",
      "name": "#A9AAAD",
      "blackContrast": 9.04,
      "whiteContrast": 2.32,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#ACA9AD",
      "name": "#ACA9AD",
      "blackContrast": 9.03,
      "whiteContrast": 2.33,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black",
      "blackContrast": 1,
      "whiteContrast": 21,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-silver-metallic-primary: #AAA9AD;\n--palette-silver-metallic-secondary: #ACADA9;\n--palette-silver-metallic-surface: #A9AAAD;\n--palette-silver-metallic-background: #ACA9AD;\n--palette-silver-metallic-accent: #000000;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/silver-metallic.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/silver-metallic.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/silver-metallic/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/silver-metallic.json"
}
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