#F9F4F2

Closest named color: White Smoke (#F5F5F5). oklch(97% 0.006 43.3), rgb(249, 244, 242).

Black text reads best on this color (19.25:1).

About this color

#F9F4F2 is a very light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 97%, its chroma 0.006. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is White Smoke (#F5F5F5), ΔE 0.006 away. Black text reads best on it, at 19.25:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	very light (97%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.006)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	White Smoke (#F5F5F5)
Black text	19.25:1
White text	1.09:1

Values

HEX	#F9F4F2
RGB	rgb(249, 244, 242)
HSL	hsl(17, 37%, 96%)
OKLCH	oklch(97% 0.006 43.3)

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 #F9F4F2	1.09:1	Fails	Lc 0.0	Not readable
Black text on #F9F4F2	19.25:1	AAA	Lc 100.0	Preferred for body text
#F9F4F2 text on white	1.09:1	Fails	Lc 0.0	Not readable
#F9F4F2 text on black	19.25:1	AAA	Lc -101.3	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)

#F9F4F2

oklch(97% 0.006 43.3)
Step 100
100

#EBE9E9

oklch(93.6% 0.002 17.2)
Step 200
200

#DCD8D7

oklch(88.5% 0.005 34.3)
Step 300
300

#C5BFBD

oklch(80.9% 0.007 39.5)
Step 400
400

#A89E9A

oklch(70.7% 0.013 43.2)
Step 500
500

#928782

oklch(63.2% 0.015 46.1)
Step 600
600

#7D706B

oklch(55.6% 0.018 42.3)
Step 700
700

#695E5A

oklch(49.1% 0.016 41.1)
Step 800
800

#564D49

oklch(42.8% 0.014 45.5)
Step 900
900

#47403D

oklch(37.8% 0.011 44.7)
Step 950
950

#292524

oklch(26.8% 0.006 34.3)

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#F9F4F2 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)	#F5F4F2	0.005
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#F6F5F2	0.004
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#FBF3F3	0.004
Achromatopsia (no color)	#F5F5F5	0.006

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 #F9F4F2, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #F9F4F2 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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