#8A949B · Pewter

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#8A949B is a medium, nearly neutral gray color, closest to Pewter and near Pewter and Stone. In OKLCH it has 66% lightness and 0.02 chroma at hue 238°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #8A949B a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette.

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HEX#8A949B
RGBrgb(138, 148, 155)
HSLhsl(205, 8%, 57%)
CMYK11, 5, 0, 39
CSS var--pewter
Contrast3.09:1 white · 6.79:1 black

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How to use #8A949B

Black text passes WCAG AA on #8A949B (6.79:1); white text does not (3.09:1).

For a calm scheme pair #8A949B with its analogous neighbors #899A99 and #898A9A; for contrast use its complement #9A9089 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

--pewter: #8A949B;

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