Colour

#F9FAFD

#F9FAFD
Blue
Light
Nearest: Ghost white

#F9FAFD is a blue with RGB values 249, 250, 253 and HSL 225°, 50%, 98%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 20.1:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Ghost white.

Colour values

#F9FAFD#F9FAFD

HEX#F9FAFD

RGBrgb(249, 250, 253)

RGB (0–1)0.9765, 0.9804, 0.9922

RGB percentages97.6%, 98%, 99.2%

HSLhsl(225, 50%, 98.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(225, 1.6%, 99.2%)

CMYK1.6%, 1.2%, 0%, 0.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer16,382,717

CSS custom property--colour: #F9FAFD;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.95603WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness250 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 20.12:1

Contrast with white1.04:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black20.12:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#FAFAFA

Inverted#060502

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#F9FAFDno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Deuteranopia#F9FAFDno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 0 from the original

Tritanopia#F8FBFBno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 1.7 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text1.04:1WCAG large text: Fail

Contrast with black, large text20.12:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Ghost white · ΔE 2.1 White · ΔE 2.3 White smoke · ΔE 2.3 Snow · ΔE 2.6 Alice blue · ΔE 3.3 Azure · ΔE 5.1

Nearest named CSS colourGhost white (#F8F8FF)ΔE 2.14, below the just-noticeable difference

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FDFCF9

Analogous#F9FCFD, #FAF9FD

Triadic#FDF9FA, #FAFDF9

Split complementary#FDFAF9, #FCFDF9

Tetradic#FDF9FC, #FDFCF9, #F9FDFA

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%#D3DAF0

Darker −20%#ACBAE4

Darker −30%#869AD7

Darker −40%#607ACA

More saturated +25%#F8FAFE

Less saturated −25%#FAFBFC

Channel breakdown

R249

G250

B253

Red249 (97.6%)

Green250 (98%)

Blue253 (99.2%)

Hue225°

Saturation (HSL)50%

Lightness98.43%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR F9 · G FA · B FD

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Colour values

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Colour harmonies

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