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#B9B6B1 · Ash
Click to copy#B9B6B1 is a medium, nearly neutral gray color, closest to Ash and near Ash and Greige. In OKLCH it has 78% lightness and 0.01 chroma at hue 81°. 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.
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#B9B6B1RGB
rgb(185, 182, 177)HSL
hsl(38, 5%, 71%)CMYK
0, 2, 4, 27CSS var
--ashContrast
2.02:1 white · 10.39:1 blackSimilar named colors
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;
$ash: #B9B6B1;
colors: { 'ash': '#B9B6B1' }