#8C93A0 · near Pewter

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#8C93A0 (RGB 140, 147, 160) is a medium, nearly neutral gray, closest to Pewter and near Stone and Warm Gray. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #8C93A0 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette. In OKLCH it has 66% lightness and 0.02 chroma at hue 263°.

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HEX#8C93A0
RGBrgb(140, 147, 160)
HSLhsl(219, 10%, 59%)
CMYK12, 8, 0, 37
CSS var--pewter
Contrast3.09:1 white · 6.8:1 black

Similar named colors

Pewter #8E9A9BStone #928E85Warm Gray #8B8589Cadet #5F9EA0Dusty Blue #8FA8BF

How to use #8C93A0

Black text passes WCAG AA on #8C93A0 (6.8:1); white text does not (3.09:1).

For a calm scheme pair #8C93A0 with its analogous neighbors #8C9EA1 and #8F8CA1; for contrast use its complement #A19A8C as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

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#8C93A0 hex color card: near Pewter, RGB 140, 147, 160
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Shades & tints

#1C1D20#383B40#545860#707680#8C93A0#A3A9B3#BABEC6#D1D4D9#E8E9EC

Color harmonies for #8C93A0

Complementary

#8C93A0#A19A8C

Analogous

#8C93A0#8C9EA1#8F8CA1

Triadic

#8C93A0#A18C93#93A18C

Split complementary

#8C93A0#A18F8C#9EA18C

Tetradic

#8C93A0#A18C9E#A19A8C#8CA18F

Palettes with #8C93A0