Colour

#F8F9FA

#F8F9FA
Blue
Light
Nearest: White smoke

#F8F9FA is a blue with RGB values 248, 249, 250 and HSL 210°, 17%, 98%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 19.9:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is White smoke.

Colour values

#F8F9FA#F8F9FA

HEX#F8F9FA

RGBrgb(248, 249, 250)

RGB (0–1)0.9725, 0.9765, 0.9804

RGB percentages97.3%, 97.6%, 98%

HSLhsl(210, 16.7%, 97.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(210, 0.8%, 98%)

CMYK0.8%, 0.4%, 0%, 2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,316,922

CSS custom property--colour: #F8F9FA;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.9461WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness248.8 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 19.92:1

Contrast with white1.05:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black19.92:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#F9F9F9

Inverted#070605

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9F9FAno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#F8F9FAno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Tritanopia#F8F9F9no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.05:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text19.92:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

White smoke · ΔE 1.5 White · ΔE 2.2 Snow · ΔE 2.3 Ghost white · ΔE 3.1 Alice blue · ΔE 3.9 Mint cream · ΔE 4.6

Nearest named CSS colourWhite smoke (#F5F5F5)ΔE 1.47, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FAF9F8

Analogous#F8FAFA, #F8F8FA

Triadic#FAF8F9, #F9FAF8

Split complementary#FAF8F8, #FAFAF8

Tetradic#FAF8FA, #FAF9F8, #F8FAF8

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%#DAE0E5

Darker −20%#BDC6CF

Darker −30%#9FACBA

Darker −40%#8193A5

More saturated +25%#F7F9FC

Less saturated −25%#F9F9F9

Channel breakdown

R248

G249

B250

Red248 (97.3%)

Green249 (97.6%)

Blue250 (98%)

Hue210°

Saturation (HSL)16.67%

Lightness97.65%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR F8 · G F9 · B FA

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Colour values

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Channel breakdown

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