Pewter Grey Color

#a7a19e

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

Inverse Color #585e61
Complementary Color #9ea3a6
Color Shade: warm red (20° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 63.73% (better contrasting with white)
Pewter Grey Color Sample
Pewter Grey Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #a7a19e

If you're looking for a similar warm red shade, there are some better alternatives to Pewter Grey Color. The Cantankerous Hippo color for instance is a darker and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a mid red bias. Consider a darker and more saturated alternative called Abandoned Mansion (#94877e) for more energetic effect. Try Mine Rock as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#9ea3a6 is the best complementary color to Pewter Grey. Cool cyan shades generally complement the warm red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #a7a19e complementary color is Gray Chateau, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of cool red, warm red, and warm yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Cloudy are #a69e9f and #a6a59e. Thus found on the left and right of #a7a19e on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Dusty Gray and Delta colors as they work well with Pewter Grey.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Pewter Grey palette consists of #9e9fa6 and #9ea6a5 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9ea3a6). Try Santas Gray and Edward colors in combination with #a7a19e, 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 #a7a19e offers a combination of warm blue and cool green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Pewter Grey. Thus Mountain Mist and Pewter giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Pewter Grey contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Gray Chateau, Bud, and Mountain Mist split by 90° on the color wheel. #a7a19e square combo is a palette of warm red, warm green, cool cyan and cool 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. Pewter Grey tetradic combo consists of cool cyan complementary color (#9ea3a6) and two others. The Pewter is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Shady Lady – 120° from the complementary Gray Chateau. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9ea6a1 and #a69ea3.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #a7a19e is made of 34% red, 33% green and 33% blue. In a HSL mode Pewter Grey has a hue angle of 20°, a saturation of 4.86% and a lightness of 63.73%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #a7a19e is made of 0% cyan, 2.35% magenta, 3.53% yellow and 34.51% black ink.

HEX #a7a19e
RGB Decimal rgb(167,161,158)
RGB Percentage 34%, 33%, 33%
CMYK 0, 2.35, 3.53, 34.51
HSL hsl(20,4.86%,63.73%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(20,5.39%,65.49%)
CIE-LAB lab(66.6525,1.6181,2.3219)
XYZ xyz(34.8528,36.1739,37.4931)
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