Colour

#F8F8F2

#F8F8F2
Yellow
Light
Nearest: Floral white

#F8F8F2 is a yellow with RGB values 248, 248, 242 and HSL 60°, 30%, 96%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Floral white.

Colour values

#F8F8F2#F8F8F2

HEX#F8F8F2

RGBrgb(248, 248, 242)

RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.9725, 0.949

RGB percentages97.3%, 97.3%, 94.9%

HSLhsl(60, 30%, 96.1%)

HSV / HSBhsv(60, 2.4%, 97.3%)

CMYK0%, 0%, 2.4%, 2.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,316,658

CSS custom property--colour: #F8F8F2;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.93502WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness247.3 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.7:1

Contrast with white1.07:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black19.7:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F8F8F8

Inverted#07070D

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9F7F2no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.9 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9F8F2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Tritanopia#F9F7F6no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 2.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.07:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.7:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Floral white · ΔE 2.9 White smoke · ΔE 3.2 Sea shell · ΔE 3.6 Snow · ΔE 3.7 Mint cream · ΔE 3.9 White · ΔE 4

Nearest named CSS colourFloral white (#FFFAF0)ΔE 2.87, a close match

Hue familyyellow

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#F2F2F8

Analogous#F8F5F2, #F5F8F2

Triadic#F2F8F8, #F8F2F8

Split complementary#F2F5F8, #F5F2F8

Tetradic#F2F8F5, #F2F2F8, #F8F2F5

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%#E6E6D1

Darker −20%#D4D4B0

Darker −30%#C2C28F

Darker −40%#B1B16D

More saturated +25%#FAFAEF

Less saturated −25%#F5F5F4

Channel breakdown

R248

G248

B242

Red248 (97.3%)

Green248 (97.3%)

Blue242 (94.9%)

Hue60°

Saturation (HSL)30%

Lightness96.08%

Dominant channelRed and Green

Hex per channelR F8 · G F8 · B F2

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Colour values

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