#84A59D · Pewter

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#84A59D is a medium, muted gray color, closest to Pewter and near Pewter and Cadet. In OKLCH it has 69% lightness and 0.04 chroma at hue 179°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #84A59D a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 2 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#84A59D
RGBrgb(132, 165, 157)
HSLhsl(165, 15%, 58%)
CMYK20, 0, 5, 35
CSS var--pewter
Contrast2.68:1 white · 7.85:1 black

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How to use #84A59D

Black text passes WCAG AA on #84A59D (7.85:1); white text does not (2.68:1).

For a calm scheme pair #84A59D with its analogous neighbors #84A48C and #849CA4; for contrast use its complement #A4848C as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

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