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#FAF8FF

#faf8ff ≈ Ghost White

  • violet
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#faf8ff is a color from the violet family, with very high lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 98.04% red, 97.25% green and 100% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 1.96% cyan, 2.75% magenta, 0% yellow and 0% black. Its hue angle is 257.14°, with 100% saturation and 98.63% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 19.94:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Ghost White (#f8f8ff), ΔE 0.96.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#ffffff
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Relative luminance0.9468

Complementary

  1. #faf8ff
  2. #fdfff8

Split complementary

  1. #faf8ff
  2. #fffef8
  3. #fafff8

Analogous

  1. #f8faff
  2. #faf8ff
  3. #fef8ff

Triadic

  1. #faf8ff
  2. #fffaf8
  3. #f8fffa

Tetradic

  1. #faf8ff
  2. #fff8fd
  3. #fdfff8
  4. #f8fffa

Square

  1. #faf8ff
  2. #fff8fa
  3. #fdfff8
  4. #f8fffe

Monochromatic

  1. #8d5fff
  2. #c3acff
  3. #faf8ff
  4. #f0ebff
  5. #f0ebff

Shades

#faf8ff mixed progressively with black.

  1. #faf8ff
  2. #e1dfe6
  3. #c8c6cc
  4. #afaeb3
  5. #969599
  6. #7d7c80
  7. #646366
  8. #4b4a4d
  9. #323233
  10. #19191a
  11. #000000

Tints

#faf8ff mixed progressively with white.

  1. #faf8ff
  2. #fbf9ff
  3. #fbf9ff
  4. #fcfaff
  5. #fcfbff
  6. #fdfcff
  7. #fdfcff
  8. #fefdff
  9. #fefeff
  10. #fffeff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#faf8ff mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #faf8ff
  2. #eeecf2
  3. #e2e0e6
  4. #d5d4d9
  5. #c9c8cc
  6. #bdbcc0
  7. #b1b0b3
  8. #a5a4a6
  9. #989899
  10. #8c8c8d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.05:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 19.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #f9f9f9 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #f9f9fb ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #f7f9ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f7f9ff ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #f9f9fa ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #f8f9ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #f8f9ff ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #faf9fc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-faf8ff {
  color: #faf8ff;
}
Background
.bg-faf8ff {
  background-color: #faf8ff;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-faf8ff {
  border: 2px solid #faf8ff;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #faf8ff;
  --color-primary-rgb: 250 248 255;
  --color-primary-hsl: 257 100% 99%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-faf8ff {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #faf8ff, #fef8ff);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-faf8ff {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(250 248 255 / 0.35);
}

#f8f8ff Ghost White ΔE 0.96 #f8f4ff Magnolia ΔE 2.24 #fffafa Snow ΔE 3.44 #f5f5f5 White Smoke ΔE 3.94 #ffffff White ΔE 4.04 #f0f8ff Alice Blue ΔE 4.86 #fff0f5 Lavender Blush ΔE 5.48 #050700 Inverted #f9f9f9 Grayscale 

Ghost White
#faf8ff  rgb(250, 248, 255)  hsl(257, 100%, 99%)  Ghost White
#fdfff8  rgb(253, 255, 248)  hsl(77, 100%, 99%)  Ivory
#fffaf8  rgb(255, 250, 248)  hsl(17, 100%, 99%)  Snow
#f8fffa  rgb(248, 255, 250)  hsl(137, 100%, 99%)  Mint Cream