Colour

#FFFFFF

#FFFFFF
Near-white
Light
Named: White

#FFFFFF is the CSS colour near-white with RGB values 255, 255, 255 and HSL 0°, 0%, 100%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 21:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is White.

Colour values

#FFFFFF#FFFFFF

HEX#FFFFFF

HEX (short)#FFF

RGBrgb(255, 255, 255)

RGB (0–1)1, 1, 1

RGB percentages100%, 100%, 100%

HSLhsl(0, 0%, 100%)

HSV / HSBhsv(0, 0%, 100%)

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

24-bit integer16,777,215

CSS custom property--colour: #FFFFFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance1WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness255 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkLight

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 21:1

Contrast with white1:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black21:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Greyscale equivalent#FFFFFF

Inverted#000000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

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

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

Tritanopia#FFFFFFno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 0 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

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

Contrast with black, large text21:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

White · ΔE 0 Snow · ΔE 2.2 White smoke · ΔE 3.5 Ghost white · ΔE 4.2 Mint cream · ΔE 4.4 Azure · ΔE 5.3

This is a named CSS colourWhite (#FFFFFF)exact match

Hue familynear-white

CSS keyword usablewhite

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#FFFFFF

Analogous#FFFFFF, #FFFFFF

Triadic#FFFFFF, #FFFFFF

Split complementary#FFFFFF, #FFFFFF

Tetradic#FFFFFF, #FFFFFF, #FFFFFF

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%#E6E6E6

Darker −20%#CCCCCC

Darker −30%#B3B3B3

Darker −40%#999999

More saturated +25%#FFFFFF

Less saturated −25%#FFFFFF

Channel breakdown

R255

G255

B255

Red255 (100%)

Green255 (100%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue0°

Saturation (HSL)0%

Lightness100%

Dominant channelNone: the channels are equal (a neutral grey)

Hex per channelR FF · G FF · B FF

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Colour values

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