#8D99AE · Pewter

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#8D99AE is a medium, muted gray color, closest to Pewter and near Pewter and Dusty Blue. In OKLCH it has 68% lightness and 0.03 chroma at hue 262°. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #8D99AE a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 3 ColorSwoop palettes.

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HEX#8D99AE
RGBrgb(141, 153, 174)
HSLhsl(218, 17%, 62%)
CMYK19, 12, 0, 32
CSS var--pewter
Contrast2.88:1 white · 7.3:1 black

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How to use #8D99AE

Black text passes WCAG AA on #8D99AE (7.3:1); white text does not (2.88:1).

For a calm scheme pair #8D99AE with its analogous neighbors #8EAAAF and #928EAF; for contrast use its complement #AFA28E as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

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