#8AA399 · near Pewter

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#8AA399 (RGB 138, 163, 153) is a medium, muted gray, closest to Pewter and near Sage and Cadet. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #8AA399 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette. In OKLCH it has 69% lightness and 0.03 chroma at hue 169°.

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HEX#8AA399
RGBrgb(138, 163, 153)
HSLhsl(156, 12%, 59%)
CMYK15, 0, 6, 36
CSS var--pewter
Contrast2.7:1 white · 7.78:1 black

Similar named colors

Pewter #8E9A9BSage #9CAF88Cadet #5F9EA0Dusty Blue #8FA8BFStone #928E85

How to use #8AA399

Black text passes WCAG AA on #8AA399 (7.78:1); white text does not (2.7:1).

For a calm scheme pair #8AA399 with its analogous neighbors #8AA38C and #8AA0A3; for contrast use its complement #A38A94 as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

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#8AA399 hex color card: near Pewter, RGB 138, 163, 153
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Shades & tints

#1C211F#37413D#53625C#6E827A#8AA399#A1B5AD#B9C8C2#D0DAD6#E8EDEB

Color harmonies for #8AA399

Complementary

#8AA399#A38A94

Analogous

#8AA399#8AA38C#8AA0A3

Triadic

#8AA399#998AA3#A3998A

Split complementary

#8AA399#A38AA0#A38C8A

Tetradic

#8AA399#8C8AA3#A38A94#A0A38A

Palettes with #8AA399