#8E9AA6 · near Pewter

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#8E9AA6 (RGB 142, 154, 166) is a medium, nearly neutral gray, closest to Pewter and near Dusty Blue and Stone. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #8E9AA6 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette. In OKLCH it has 68% lightness and 0.02 chroma at hue 248°.

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HEX#8E9AA6
RGBrgb(142, 154, 166)
HSLhsl(210, 12%, 60%)
CMYK14, 7, 0, 35
CSS var--pewter
Contrast2.87:1 white · 7.32:1 black

Similar named colors

Pewter #8E9A9BDusty Blue #8FA8BFStone #928E85Cadet #5F9EA0Warm Gray #8B8589

How to use #8E9AA6

Black text passes WCAG AA on #8E9AA6 (7.32:1); white text does not (2.87:1).

For a calm scheme pair #8E9AA6 with its analogous neighbors #8DA5A5 and #8D8DA5; for contrast use its complement #A5998D as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

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Color card

#8E9AA6 hex color card: near Pewter, RGB 142, 154, 166
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Shades & tints

#1C1F21#393E42#555C64#727B85#8E9AA6#A5AEB8#BBC2CA#D2D7DB#E8EBED

Color harmonies for #8E9AA6

Complementary

#8E9AA6#A5998D

Analogous

#8E9AA6#8DA5A5#8D8DA5

Triadic

#8E9AA6#A58D99#99A58D

Split complementary

#8E9AA6#A58D8D#A5A58D

Tetradic

#8E9AA6#A58DA5#A5998D#8DA58D

Palettes with #8E9AA6