#F8F5F3

Closest named color: White Smoke (#F5F5F5). oklch(97.2% 0.004 56.4), rgb(248, 245, 243).

Black text reads best on this color (19.34:1).

About this color

#F8F5F3 is a very light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 97%, its chroma 0.004. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is White Smoke (#F5F5F5), ΔE 0.005 away. Black text reads best on it, at 19.34:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	very light (97%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.004)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	White Smoke (#F5F5F5)
Black text	19.34:1
White text	1.08:1

Values

HEX	#F8F5F3
RGB	rgb(248, 245, 243)
HSL	hsl(24, 26%, 96%)
OKLCH	oklch(97.2% 0.004 56.4)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #F8F5F3	1.08:1	Fails	Lc 0.0	Not readable
Black text on #F8F5F3	19.34:1	AAA	Lc 100.4	Preferred for body text
#F8F5F3 text on white	1.08:1	Fails	Lc 0.0	Not readable
#F8F5F3 text on black	19.34:1	AAA	Lc -101.6	Preferred for body text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 50.

Step 50
50 (this color)

#F8F5F3

oklch(97.2% 0.004 56.4)
Step 100
100

#EBE9E9

oklch(93.6% 0.002 17.2)
Step 200
200

#DBD8D7

oklch(88.4% 0.004 39.5)
Step 300
300

#C3C0BD

oklch(80.9% 0.005 67.7)
Step 400
400

#A59F9B

oklch(70.6% 0.009 56.3)
Step 500
500

#8F8883

oklch(63.1% 0.011 58.1)
Step 600
600

#79726D

oklch(55.7% 0.012 58.1)
Step 700
700

#665F5B

oklch(49.1% 0.011 51.9)
Step 800
800

#534E4A

oklch(42.7% 0.009 61.3)
Step 900
900

#45413E

oklch(37.8% 0.007 59.5)
Step 950
950

#282624

oklch(27% 0.005 67.6)

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#F8F5F3 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#F6F5F3	0.003
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#F7F6F3	0.003
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#F9F4F4	0.003
Achromatopsia (no color)	#F5F5F5	0.005

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #F8F5F3, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #F8F5F3 in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.

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