#f9f8fa

Color #f9f8fa

A muted very light purple.

Closest named color White Smoke #f5f5f5 · ΔE 1.59 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-100 #f4f4f5 · ΔE 1.2

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Conversions

HEX

#f9f8fa

RGB

rgb(249, 248, 250)

HSL

hsl(270, 16.7%, 97.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(270, 0.8%, 98%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(97.7, 0.68, -0.84)

LCH

lch(97.7, 1.08, 308.99)

OKLCH

oklch(98.1%, 0.0028, 309.29)

HWB

hwb(270, 97.3%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#f9faf8

Analogous

#f8f8fa

#f9f8fa

#faf8fa

Triadic

#f9f8fa

#faf9f8

#f8faf9

Split-complementary

#f9f8fa

#fafaf8

#f8faf8

Tetradic

#f9f8fa

#faf8f9

#f9faf8

#f8faf9

Square

#f9f8fa

#faf8f8

#f9faf8

#f8fafa

Shades

Color #f9f8fa mixed toward black.

#cfc7d7

#a697b5

#7c6891

#534561

#292330

Tints

Color #f9f8fa mixed toward white.

#faf9fb

#fbfafc

#fcfbfc

#fdfdfd

#fefefe

Tones

Color #f9f8fa mixed toward gray.

#f9f8fa

#f9f8f9

#f9f9f9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.06:1

Aa Black text on this color

19.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (19.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f9f9fa · ΔE 0.8

Deuteranopia

#f9f9f9 · ΔE 1.3

Tritanopia

#f9f9f9 · ΔE 1.3

Achromatopsia

#f8f8f8 · ΔE 1.3

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Code

CSS

background-color: #f9f8fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f9f8fa]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#f9f8fa (#f9f8fa) is rgb(249, 248, 250) in RGB.

No, #f9f8fa 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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