HEX atlas value

#899499

#899499 is a neutral gray HEX color nearest Pewter. RGB 137, 148, 153, HSL 199° 7% 57%, luminance 0.288; view contrast and conversions.

gray neutral muted

#899499 Sample readable text

HEX #899499

RGB rgb(137, 148, 153)

HSL hsl(199 7% 57%)

CMYK cmyk(10, 3, 0, 40)

Luminance 0.288

Contrast Black 6.76:1White 3.11:1

CSS

--color-899499: #899499;
.background-899499 { background-color: #899499; }
.text-899499 { color: #899499; }

HEX meaning and use

About #899499

#899499 is classified as a neutral gray value with muted visual character. #899499 is visually closest to Pewter, a named gray color with HEX #899499.

The RGB channels are 137, 148, and 153, with blue carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 199deg with 7% saturation and 57% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.288, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text6.76:1AA Pass

White text3.11:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #899499 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000006.76:1 · AA

White text#FFFFFF3.11:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#BBC1C4#BBC1C4 · #000000 text · best 11.54:1 Tourmaline#86A1A9 · #000000 text · best 7.68:1 #729DB1#729DB1 · #000000 text · best 7.17:1 Soapstone#8D9A91 · #000000 text · best 7.16:1 #8A9996#8A9996 · #000000 text · best 7.08:1

Generated Palette

Pewter#899499

#998F8A#998F8A

#8A9996#8A9996

#8A8C99#8A8C99

#BBC1C4#BBC1C4

#5C666A#5C666A

Color Harmonies

#998F8A#998F8A

#8A9996#8A9996

#8A8C99#8A8C99

#998A94#998A94

#94998A#94998A

Variants

#BBC1C4#BBC1C4

#5C666A#5C666A

#729DB1#729DB1

#919191#919191

#D1D1D1#D1D1D1

#4DC6FF#4DC6FF

Nearest Named Colors

Pewter#899499

Soapstone#8D9A91

Primer Gray#8B8C89

Cool Gray#8C92AC

Tourmaline#86A1A9

Luminance0.288

Black text6.76:1AA Pass

White text3.11:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#899499","rgb":[137,148,153],"hsl":[199,7,57],"cmyk":[10,3,0,40],"luminance":0.288,"contrast":{"black":6.76,"white":3.11}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":6.76,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":3.11,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#BBC1C4","hex":"#BBC1C4","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.54,"contrastWhite":1.82,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Tourmaline","hex":"#86A1A9","family":"cyan","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.68,"contrastWhite":2.73,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"#729DB1","hex":"#729DB1","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.17,"contrastWhite":2.93,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"Soapstone","hex":"#8D9A91","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.16,"contrastWhite":2.93,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"#8A9996","hex":"#8A9996","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.08,"contrastWhite":2.97,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["neutral gray","muted","muted gray","Pewter adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","neutral UI systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/899499.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pewter.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/soapstone.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/primer-gray.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#998F8A","analogous":["#8A9996","#8A8C99"],"triadic":["#998A94","#94998A"],"tetradic":["#968A99","#998F8A","#8C998A"],"splitComplementary":["#998A8C","#99968A"],"monochromatic":["#BBC1C4","#899499","#5C666A"]}

Variants

{"light":"#BBC1C4","dark":"#5C666A","saturated":"#729DB1","desaturated":"#919191","pastel":"#D1D1D1","neon":"#4DC6FF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"pewter","name":"Pewter","hex":"#899499","distance":0},{"slug":"soapstone","name":"Soapstone","hex":"#8D9A91","distance":10.770329614269007},{"slug":"primer-gray","name":"Primer Gray","hex":"#8B8C89","distance":18},{"slug":"cool-gray","name":"Cool Gray","hex":"#8C92AC","distance":19.339079605813716},{"slug":"tourmaline","name":"Tourmaline","hex":"#86A1A9","distance":20.83266665599966}]

#899499

CSS

About #899499

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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