Silver Birch

I think of Silver Birch as the gray you notice because it feels crisp, not because it's trying to be cozy. Compared with Lunar Landing, it reads cleaner and less creamy, with a lighter hand that doesn't feel softly "lit." It also steers away from Greybeard's settled room warmth, coming off more neutral and airy rather than dusty.

It's light, silvered, and softly matte, with a slightly cooler lean than Soy Milk, so it keeps paperwork and UI surfaces from going beige. I use it for design systems, packaging proofs, and editorial templates where you want lots of whitespace but still need something that holds up beside charcoal type. In production, it's a good background for dashboards and document UIs in consumer tech, and it photographs well without flashing.

Pair it with mid-to-deep warm grays or greiges if you want the overall page to feel calmer. With icy accents, it can edge a bit too crisp for long reads.