Tailwind CSS v3 color

Tailwind stone-50 #FAFAF9

Tailwind CSS v3's stone-50 is #FAFAF9. It is an off-white in the neutral family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.985 with chroma 0.001, too low for hue to matter. The nearest CSS named color is whitesmoke (#F5F5F5), ΔE2000 1.1 away.

Relative luminance: 0.9553
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.985 · 0.001 · 106.4
Best text: Black 20.10:1
Hue family: Neutral

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#FAFAF9 color codes

HEX: #FAFAF9
RGB: rgb(250, 250, 249)
HSL: hsl(60, 9%, 98%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.985 0.001 106.4)
OKLab: oklab(0.985 0.000 0.001)
CIELAB (D65): L* 98.25, a* -0.18, b* 0.48
XYZ (D65): X 90.71, Y 95.53, Z 103.27
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 2%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #FAFAF9 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 20.10:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.04:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

Black text on it

20.10:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +103
White text on it

1.04:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc 0
Text is here, unreadable at 1.04:1
As text on black

20.10:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −104
As text on white

1.04:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc 0
Text is here, unreadable at 1.04:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#767675 4.54:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.98 to 0.56 reaches 4.54:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#FAFAF9 20.10:1

It already reaches 20.10:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FAFAF9 live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

The studio needs JavaScript.

Scale

Shades and tints of #FAFAF9

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FAFAF9 sits at step 50.

50This color#FAFAF9

White
1.04
Black
20.10
100#EBEBEA

White
1.19
Black
17.60
200#D7D7D6

White
1.44
Black
14.58
300#BEBEBD

White
1.86
Black
11.28
400#A1A1A0

White
2.58
Black
8.12
500#868685

White
3.64
Black
5.76
600#6F6F6E

White
5.03
Black
4.17
700#585857

White
7.12
Black
2.94
800#40403F

White
10.37
Black
2.02
900#292928

White
14.56
Black
1.44
950#161615

White
18.10
Black
1.15

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Tailwind CSS v3 stone scale

The real Tailwind palette, for comparison with the computed ramp above.

50This color#FAFAF9

White
1.04
Black
20.10
100#F5F5F4
White
1.09
Black
19.24
200#E7E5E4
White
1.25
Black
16.72
300#D6D3D1
White
1.48
Black
14.09
400#A8A29E
White
2.52
Black
8.32
500#78716C
White
4.79
Black
4.37
600#57534E
White
7.62
Black
2.75
700#44403C
White
10.27
Black
2.04
800#292524
White
15.16
Black
1.38
900#1C1917
White
17.48
Black
1.20
950#0C0A09
White
19.75
Black
1.06

Gamut

How vivid #FAFAF9 can get

A gray has no hue, so no gamut holds a more vivid version of #FAFAF9: more chroma would make it another color.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.001
sRGB edge: No hue
Display P3 edge: No hue
Rec. 2020 edge: No hue
Dominant wavelength: None, near white
Excitation purity: 0%
Chromaticity: x 0.3133, y 0.3300

Mixing

Mixing #FAFAF9

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#FDFDFC
OKLab50%#FCFCFC
OKLCH50%#FCFCFC

Black #000000

sRGB50%#7D7D7D
OKLab50%#616161
OKLCH50%#616161

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #fafaf9, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #fafaf9 50%, white);

In use

#FAFAF9 in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:120.10:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.04:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:11.04:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.04:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #767675 4.54:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:120.10:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:117.93:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:117.93:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:117.93:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FAFAF9 looks with color blindness

As a neutral it barely changes under any simulation, ΔE2000 0.5 at most.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#FAFAF9 ΔE2000 0.0

Imperceptible

Reads as off-white
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#FAFAF9 ΔE2000 0.0

Imperceptible

Reads as off-white
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#FAFAFA ΔE2000 0.5

Imperceptible

Reads as white
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#FAFAFA ΔE2000 0.5

Imperceptible

Reads as white

Pairing check

A near-neutral has no complementary hue to pair with, so tell it apart from neighboring grays by lightness contrast alone.

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FAFAF9

A neutral has no hue to rotate, so every harmony collapses back to the same gray. Pair it with an accent color instead.

Or pair it by lightness: steps of its own scale as text on it, and what each can carry.

Build a lightness scale in Harmony Studio

Step 950 #161615 · 17.33:1

Body text, AAA
Step 700 #585857 · 6.81:1

Body text, AA
Step 300 #BEBEBD · 1.78:1

Decoration only, under 3:1

Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-stone-50: #fafaf9;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js — already built in as stone-50;
// pin the v3 value explicitly like this:
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        stone: { 50: '#fafaf9' },
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  /* v4 has its own stone-50; this pins the v3 value. */
  --color-stone-50: oklch(0.985 0.001 106.4);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "stone-50": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9804, 0.9804, 0.9765],
        "hex": "#fafaf9"
      },
      "$description": "Tailwind CSS v3 stone-50"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let stone50 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.980, green: 0.980, blue: 0.976, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Stone50 = Color(0xFFFAFAF9)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

Open #FAFAF9 in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.