#B9B6B1 · near Ash

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#B9B6B1 (RGB 185, 182, 177) is a medium, nearly neutral gray, closest to Ash and near Greige and Mushroom. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #B9B6B1 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 3 ColorSwoop palettes. In OKLCH it has 78% lightness and 0.01 chroma at hue 81°.

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HEX#B9B6B1
RGBrgb(185, 182, 177)
HSLhsl(38, 5%, 71%)
CMYK0, 2, 4, 27
CSS var--ash
Contrast2.02:1 white · 10.39:1 black

Similar named colors

Ash #B2BEB5Greige #B7AFA3Mushroom #BDB0A0Silver #C0C0C0Khaki #C3B091

How to use #B9B6B1

Black text passes WCAG AA on #B9B6B1 (10.39:1); white text does not (2.02:1).

For a calm scheme pair #B9B6B1 with its analogous neighbors #B9B2B1 and #B8B9B1; for contrast use its complement #B1B4B9 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

--ash: #B9B6B1;

Color card

#B9B6B1 hex color card: near Ash, RGB 185, 182, 177
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Shades & tints

#252423#4A4947#6F6D6A#94928E#B9B6B1#C7C5C1#D5D3D0#E3E2E0#F1F0EF

Color harmonies for #B9B6B1

Complementary

#B9B6B1#B1B4B9

Analogous

#B9B6B1#B9B2B1#B8B9B1

Triadic

#B9B6B1#B1B9B6#B6B1B9

Split complementary

#B9B6B1#B1B8B9#B2B1B9

Tetradic

#B9B6B1#B1B9B2#B1B4B9#B9B1B8

Palettes with #B9B6B1