White Smoke

Best set with black text. The pairing reaches 19.26:1 contrast and passes AAA for normal text.

Color values

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HEX#F5F5F5sRGB hexadecimal

RGBrgb(245, 245, 245)screen channels

HSLhsl(0, 0%, 96%)hue, saturation, lightness

CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 4%)approximate process color

Tailwindneutral-100nearest palette utility, not an exact token

WCAG ratios

White textfails AA1.09:1

Black textAAA19.26:1

Recommendation

Use black text for the stronger built-in pairing. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text; AAA requires 7:1.

generated in color space

Tonal ramp

#050505

#4E4E4E

#9D9D9D

#F5F5F5

#F7F7F7

#F8F8F8

#FAFAFA

Analogous

#F5F5F5

Triadic

#F5F5F5

Complement

#F5F5F5

Lab distance · lower is closer

:root {
  --color-white-smoke: #F5F5F5;
}

.swatch {
  background: var(--color-white-smoke);
  color: #000000;
}

Hueneutral

Lightness97 L*

Chroma0.0

Luminance0.913