#f8f9fa

Color #f8f9fa

A muted very light blue.

Closest named color White Smoke #f5f5f5 · ΔE 1.47 Nearest Tailwind class gray-50 #f9fafb · ΔE 0.2

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Conversions

HEX

#f8f9fa

RGB

rgb(248, 249, 250)

HSL

hsl(210, 16.7%, 97.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 0.8%, 98%)

CMYK

cmyk(0.8%, 0.4%, 0%, 2%)

LAB

lab(97.88, -0.15, -0.59)

LCH

lch(97.88, 0.61, 255.74)

OKLCH

oklch(98.2%, 0.0017, 249.44)

HWB

hwb(210, 97.3%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#faf9f8

Analogous

#f8fafa

#f8f9fa

#f8f8fa

Triadic

#f8f9fa

#faf8f9

#f9faf8

Split-complementary

#f8f9fa

#faf8f8

#fafaf8

Tetradic

#f8f9fa

#f9f8fa

#faf9f8

#f9faf8

Square

#f8f9fa

#faf8fa

#faf9f8

#f8faf8

Shades

Color #f8f9fa mixed toward black.

#c7cfd7

#97a6b5

#687c91

#455361

#232930

Tints

Color #f8f9fa mixed toward white.

#f9fafb

#fafbfc

#fbfcfc

#fdfdfd

#fefefe

Tones

Color #f8f9fa mixed toward gray.

#f8f9fa

#f8f9f9

#f9f9f9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

19.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (19.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f8f8fa · ΔE 0.8

Deuteranopia

#f8f8fa · ΔE 0.8

Tritanopia

#f8fafa · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#f9f9f9 · ΔE 0.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #f8f9fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f8f9fa]

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Frequently asked questions

#f8f9fa (#f8f9fa) is rgb(248, 249, 250) in RGB.

No, #f8f9fa is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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