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Recognised as Colour

#F8F5FA

  • #F8F5FA
  • Violet
  • Light
  • Nearest: Ghost white

#F8F5FA is a violet with RGB values 248, 245, 250 and HSL 276°, 33%, 97%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Ghost white.

Colour values

#F8F5FA#F8F5FA
HEX#F8F5FA
RGBrgb(248, 245, 250)
RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.9608, 0.9804
RGB percentages97.3%, 96.1%, 98%
HSLhsl(276, 33.3%, 97.1%)
HSV / HSBhsv(276, 2%, 98%)
CMYK0.8%, 2%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer16,315,898
CSS custom property--colour: #F8F5FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.92163WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness246.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.43:1
Contrast with white1.08:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black19.43:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#F6F6F6
Inverted#070A05

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#F4F6FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 1.8 from the original
Deuteranopia#F5F6FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 1.5 from the original
Tritanopia#F8F6F7no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.1 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.08:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text19.43:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Ghost white · ΔE 1.7White smoke · ΔE 2.8Snow · ΔE 3.2Alice blue · ΔE 3.9White · ΔE 4.2Lavender blush · ΔE 4.3
Nearest named CSS colourGhost white (#F8F8FF)ΔE 1.69, below the just-noticeable difference
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#F7FAF5
Analogous#F6F5FA, #FAF5FA
Triadic#FAF8F5, #F5FAF8
Split complementary#FAFAF5, #F5FAF6
Tetradic#FAF6F5, #F7FAF5, #F5FAFA

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#FFFFFF
Darker −10%#E0D3E9
Darker −20%#C8B1D8
Darker −30%#B18FC7
Darker −40%#996DB6
More saturated +25%#F8F3FC
Less saturated −25%#F8F7F8

Channel breakdown

R248
G245
B250
Red248 (97.3%)
Green245 (96.1%)
Blue250 (98%)
Hue276°
Saturation (HSL)33.33%
Lightness97.06%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR F8 · G F5 · B FA

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