#B2BEB5 · Ash

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#B2BEB5 (RGB 178, 190, 181) is a medium, nearly neutral gray, closest to Ash and near Silver and Mushroom. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #B2BEB5 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. In OKLCH it has 79% lightness and 0.02 chroma at hue 153°.

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HEX#B2BEB5
RGBrgb(178, 190, 181)
HSLhsl(135, 8%, 72%)
CMYK6, 0, 5, 25
CSS var--ash
Contrast1.92:1 white · 10.93:1 black

Similar named colors

Silver #C0C0C0Mushroom #BDB0A0Greige #B7AFA3Putty #CDBFA9Lavender Gray #C4C3D0

How to use #B2BEB5

Black text passes WCAG AA on #B2BEB5 (10.93:1); white text does not (1.92:1).

For a calm scheme pair #B2BEB5 with its analogous neighbors #B5BDB2 and #B2BDBA; for contrast use its complement #BDB2BA as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

--ash: #B2BEB5;

Color card

#B2BEB5 hex color card: Ash, RGB 178, 190, 181
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Shades & tints

#242624#474C48#6B726D#8E9891#B2BEB5#C1CBC4#D1D8D3#E0E5E1#F0F2F0

Color harmonies for #B2BEB5

Complementary

#B2BEB5#BDB2BA

Analogous

#B2BEB5#B5BDB2#B2BDBA

Triadic

#B2BEB5#B5B2BD#BDB5B2

Split complementary

#B2BEB5#BAB2BD#BDB2B5

Tetradic

#B2BEB5#B2B5BD#BDB2BA#BDBAB2