60 Shades of Ash Color

Ash sits somewhere between cool grey and soft white, named after the fine powder fire leaves behind. There’s a subtle blue or green undertone hiding in most ash shades, and that’s exactly what separates them from boring flat grey.This collection runs from pale silver-grey to deep charcoal. All hex codes and color values included so you can match these shades precisely across print and screen.

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Blue Ash Color
Blue ash is a real North American tree, Fraxinus quadrangulata, whose inner bark turns water blue, and settlers used it as a dye. Blue Ash color is a dark charcoal-navy at #414654, far deeper than that pale dye bath, like wet bark after a storm.
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Blue Ashes Color
Blue ashes was an old pigment name attached to copper-based blues that painters used before better options arrived. This Blue Ashes color is a muted steel blue, dimmed as though smoke passed over it.
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Ash Rose Color
The pink that’s been around. Ash Rose color (#b5817d) is a dusty mauve with brown undertones, polished the way only slightly muted colors can be. Wedding designers love it because it photographs well in every lighting condition and plays nice with almost anything next to it.
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Silver Ash Color
Silver Ash is a pale warm grey with a faint cream cast, the color of cooled wood ash or unpolished pewter. It stays soft and neutral. The tone suits calm, pared-back rooms.
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Green Ash Color
Green ash is the North American tree Fraxinus pennsylvanica, planted along countless city streets and now ravaged by the emerald ash borer beetle. The Green Ash color (#95d6a1) is much brighter than the tree’s dull leaves, a pale mint with a springy feel. It’s a near twin of Young Green and Green Trance on this list.
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Ash White Color
Ash White is a warm off-white with a soft grey-gold undertone, like pale wood ash cooled in the hearth. It’s gentle and earthy. The Ash White color settles a room with quiet, natural warmth.
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Purple Ash Color
Think of wood ash left in a fireplace overnight with a little violet light falling across it. Purple Ash color (#8f8395) is quiet and smoky, and in daylight it passes for gray far more often than for purple.
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Ash Blue Color
Ash Blue (#c0c6c9) is a pale blue-grey with a soft lavender undertone, calming without going clinical. Spa brands, bathroom walls, and dark-mode UI accents all rely on it because it does its job without drawing attention to itself.
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Ash Pink Color
Pink is barely there in this one. Ash Pink color #998e91 is a mid grey with a faint mauve warmth, like the ash of a rose-scented incense stick, and dim rooms turn it plain grey while daylight coaxes the pink back out.
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Ash Grey Color
Wood ash is genuinely grey, but this Ash Grey leans warm enough to sit closer to greige than cinder. The hex code #c1b5a9 gives a gentle sandy neutral rather than anything cold.