Pewter #91A092

Pewter (#91A092) is a grey neutral with an OKLCH hue of 147°, lightness 0.69 and chroma 0.026. In practice it behaves as a mid-weight working color for secondary surfaces and editorial blocks.

Color values

HEX#91A092
RGBrgb(145, 160, 146)
HSLhsl(124, 7%, 60%)
HSVhsv(124, 9%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(9%, 0%, 9%, 37%)
CIE Lablab(64.4 -8.1 5.5)
OKLCHoklch(0.690 0.026 147)

How Pewter behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Pewter shifts subtly: takes on a yellow-green cast; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.6), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 2.75:1 and against black 7.65:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.

Palettes built from Pewter

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#e9f6ea · #c0cec1 · #91a092 · #738174 · #515d52 · #313b32

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#98cec2 · #87bca2 · #91a092 · #7a9266 · #767c50 · #6e673f

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#9fc2c4 · #91a092 · #648867 · #1b6d70 · #2e4e32 · #0c3133

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#d0e9d2 · #b5c2b5 · #91a092 · #926a91 · #4d614f · #344135

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#f6eff5 · #91a092 · #7a837b · #504b4f · #1a221a · #020102

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#eef4ee · #c4cbc5 · #91a092 · #1e271e · #010602 · #d272d2

Gold Accent

The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.

#eef4ee · #c4cbc5 · #91a092 · #1e271e · #010602 · #f3b94d

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#faedfa · #91a092 · #947493 · #633e62 · #2f132f · #000200

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#faedfa · #91a092 · #8479a0 · #6d3b4d · #231739 · #040001

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#ecf2ff · #91a092 · #707fa5 · #703c36 · #38110e · #000008

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#e5f4ff · #91a092 · #5d86a0 · #633e62 · #341600 · #030003

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#A1AEA1 · #B0BCB1 · #C0CAC1 · #D1D9D1 · #E1E8E2

Shades

#768377 · #5C685D · #434E44 · #2C352D · #161E17

Using Pewter

Its moderate chroma lets it work in mid-size areas — upholstery, secondary UI surfaces, editorial blocks — without overwhelming neighbors. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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