Hammered Pewter Color

#7e7567

Hammered Pewter is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #818a98
Complementary Color #67707d
Color Shade: orange (36.52° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 44.9% (better contrasting with white)
Hammered Pewter Color Sample
Hammered Pewter Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #7e7567

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Hammered Pewter Color. The Falcon Grey color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called City Bench (#675c49) for more energetic effect. Try Boycott as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#67707d is the best complementary color to Hammered Pewter. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #7e7567 complementary color is Pale Sky, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Pablo are #7d6967 and #7b7d67. Thus found on the left and right of #7e7567 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Spicy Pink and Flax Smoke colors as they work well with Hammered Pewter.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Hammered Pewter palette consists of #69677d and #677b7d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#67707d). Try Dolphin and Sirocco colors in combination with #7e7567, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #7e7567 offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Hammered Pewter. Thus Rum and Viridian Green giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Hammered Pewter contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Pale Sky, Glade Green, and Old Lavender split by 90° on the color wheel. #7e7567 square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Hammered Pewter tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#67707d) and two others. The Viridian Green is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Falcon – 120° from the complementary Pale Sky. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #677d75 and #7d6770.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #7e7567 is made of 36% red, 34% green and 30% blue. In a HSL mode Hammered Pewter has a hue angle of 36.52°, a saturation of 10.04% and a lightness of 44.9%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #7e7567 is made of 0% cyan, 3.53% magenta, 9.02% yellow and 50.59% black ink.

HEX #7e7567
RGB Decimal rgb(126,117,103)
RGB Percentage 36%, 34%, 30%
CMYK 0, 3.53, 9.02, 50.59
HSL hsl(36.52,10.04%,44.9%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(36.52,18.25%,49.41%)
CIE-LAB lab(49.6624,0.9519,8.9734)
XYZ xyz(17.4137,18.1375,15.415)
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