Ancient Pewter Color

#898d91

Ancient Pewter is pale, cool-toned shade of cool cyan. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm red, warm green or warm magenta

Inverse Color #76726e
Complementary Color #918c89
Color Shade: cool cyan (210° hue)
Color Temperature: cool
Lightness: 55.29% (better contrasting with white)
Ancient Pewter Color Sample
Ancient Pewter Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #898d91

If you're looking for a similar cool cyan shade, there are some better alternatives to Ancient Pewter Color. The Pale Sky color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid cyan bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Spitsbergen Blue (#6f757d) for more energetic effect. Try Lynch as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#918c89 is the best complementary color to Ancient Pewter. Warm red shades generally complement the cool cyan hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #898d91 complementary color is Natural Gray, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm cyan, cool cyan, and cool blue colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Oslo Gray are #899190 and #898991. Thus found on the left and right of #898d91 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Gunsmoke and Waterloo colors as they work well with Ancient Pewter.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Ancient Pewter palette consists of #919089 and #918989 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#918c89). Try Natural Gray and Hurricane colors in combination with #898d91, 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 #898d91 offers a combination of cool yellow and warm magenta shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Ancient Pewter. Thus Stack and Venus giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Ancient Pewter contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Natural Gray, Mamba, and Stack split by 90° on the color wheel. #898d91 square combo is a palette of cool cyan, cool magenta, warm red and warm green 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. Ancient Pewter tetradic combo consists of warm red complementary color (#918c89) and two others. The Venus is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mantle – 120° from the complementary Natural Gray. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #91898d and #89918d.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #898d91 is made of 32% red, 33% green and 34% blue. In a HSL mode Ancient Pewter has a hue angle of 210°, a saturation of 3.51% and a lightness of 55.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #898d91 is made of 3.13% cyan, 1.57% magenta, 0% yellow and 43.14% black ink.

HEX #898d91
RGB Decimal rgb(137,141,145)
RGB Percentage 32%, 33%, 34%
CMYK 3.13, 1.57, 0, 43.14
HSL hsl(210,3.51%,55.29%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(210,5.52%,56.86%)
CIE-LAB lab(58.4265,-0.6488,-2.6409)
XYZ xyz(24.9522,26.4125,30.5711)
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