#f9f9fa

Color #f9f9fa

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very light blue.

Closest named color White Smoke #f5f5f5 · ΔE 1.5 Nearest Tailwind class gray-50 #f9fafb · ΔE 0.5

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Conversions

HEX

#f9f9fa

RGB

rgb(249, 249, 250)

HSL

hsl(240, 9.1%, 97.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 0.4%, 98%)

CMYK

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

LAB

lab(97.95, 0.18, -0.48)

LCH

lch(97.95, 0.51, 290.56)

OKLCH

oklch(98.2%, 0.0014, 287.1)

HWB

hwb(240, 97.6%, 2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#fafaf9

Analogous

#f9f9fa

Triadic

#f9f9fa

#faf9f9

#f9faf9

Split-complementary

#f9f9fa

#faf9f9

#f9faf9

Tetradic

#f9f9fa

#faf9fa

#fafaf9

#f9faf9

Square

#f9f9fa

#faf9f9

#fafaf9

#f9faf9

Shades

Color #f9f9fa mixed toward black.

#ccccd4

#9e9eae

#717188

#4c4c5b

#26262d

Tints

Color #f9f9fa mixed toward white.

#fafafb

#fbfbfc

#fcfcfc

#fdfdfd

#fefefe

Tones

Color #f9f9fa mixed toward gray.

#f9f9fa

#f9f9f9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.05:1

Aa Black text on this color

19.96:1

Black text reads better on this background (19.96:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#f9f9fa · ΔE 0

Deuteranopia

#f9f9fa · ΔE 0

Tritanopia

#f9fafa · ΔE 0.8

Achromatopsia

#f9f9f9 · ΔE 0.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #f9f9fa;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#f9f9fa]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#f9f9fa (#f9f9fa) is rgb(249, 249, 250) in RGB.

No, #f9f9fa is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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