Heather gray color
Heather gray is a light gray with a hint of mauve, from yarn knitted with flecks of color. Its hex code is #B6B1B5.
- Hex
- #B6B1B5
- RGB
- 182, 177, 181
- OKLCH
- 76.6% 0.008 332.2
- Value
- 7 of 10
- Family
- Neutral
Is heather gray warm or cool?
Close to neutral: it has so little color that it reads as neither, though it leans a little warm. It is a light color, value 7 of 10. More in warm and cool colors.
Heather gray tints, tones and shades
A tint adds white, a tone adds gray of the same lightness, and a shade adds black. Each row starts with heather gray itself.
Tints
#B6B1B5#C4C0C3#D3D0D2#E1DFE1#F0EFF0
Tones
#B6B1B5#B5B1B5#B5B2B4#B4B2B4#B3B2B3
Shades
#B6B1B5#8B878A#625F62#3C3A3C#1A191A
The opposite of heather gray
Opposite heather gray on the color wheel sits lichen, #979C79. Side by side, each makes the other look stronger; mixed, they turn each other gray.
Heather gray
Lichen
Colors that go with heather gray
With its opposite
#B6B1B5 · #ECEBEC · #979A89 · #979C79 · #292A21
With its neighbors
#B4B2B7 · #B6B1B5 · #B8B1B2 · #E9E7E8 · #3C3A3C
One color, light to dark
#F4F3F4 · #B4B2B4 · #B6B1B5 · #4F4D4E · #1A191A
Heather gray in paintings
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