CSS named color

Snow #FFFAFA

The CSS keyword snow is #FFFAFA. It is a near-white in the neutral family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.989 with chroma 0.005, too low for hue to matter.

Relative luminance
0.9653
OKLCH L · C · h
0.989 · 0.005 · 17.2
Best text
Black 20.30:1
Hue family
Neutral
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#FFFAFA color codes

HEX
#FFFAFA
RGB
rgb(255, 250, 250)
HSL
hsl(0, 100%, 99%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.989 0.005 17.2)
OKLab
oklab(0.989 0.005 0.002)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 98.64, a* 1.66, b* 0.59
XYZ (D65)
X 92.68, Y 96.53, Z 104.17
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 2%, 2%, 0%)

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 #FFFAFA accessible?

Black text on it reaches 20.30:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.03:1.

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

    20.30:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +103

  • White text on it

    1.03:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc 0

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.03:1

  • As text on black

    20.30:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −105

  • As text on white

    1.03:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc 0

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.03:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #797474 4.60:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.99 to 0.56 reaches 4.60:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #FFFAFA 20.30:1

    It already reaches 20.30:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FFFAFA 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 #FFFAFA

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

  1. 50This color#FFFAFA
    White
    1.03
    Black
    20.30
  2. 100#EEEAEA
    White
    1.19
    Black
    17.59
  3. 200#DAD6D6
    White
    1.44
    Black
    14.57
  4. 300#C1BCBC
    White
    1.87
    Black
    11.18
  5. 400#A5A0A0
    White
    2.58
    Black
    8.13
  6. 500#898585
    White
    3.64
    Black
    5.75
  7. 600#726D6D
    White
    5.09
    Black
    4.12
  8. 700#5B5757
    White
    7.12
    Black
    2.94
  9. 800#423F3F
    White
    10.42
    Black
    2.01
  10. 900#2B2828
    White
    14.61
    Black
    1.43
  11. 950#181515
    White
    18.15
    Black
    1.15

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

Gamut

How vivid #FFFAFA can get

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

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.005
sRGB edge
No hue
Display P3 edge
No hue
Rec. 2020 edge
No hue
Dominant wavelength
None, near white
Excitation purity
1%
Chromaticity
x 0.3159, y 0.3290

Mixing

Mixing #FFFAFA

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%#FFFDFD
  • OKLab50%#FFFCFC
  • OKLCH50%#FFFCFC

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#807D7D
  • OKLab50%#636161
  • OKLCH50%#636161
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #fffafa, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #fffafa 50%, white);

In use

#FFFAFA 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, 4.5:120.30:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.03:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.03:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.03:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #797474 4.60:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:120.30:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:118.11:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:118.11:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:118.11:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FFFAFA looks with color blindness

As a neutral it barely changes under any simulation, ΔE2000 2.6 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

    #FBFBFA ΔE2000 2.6

    Close match

    Reads as white

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #FCFBFA ΔE2000 2.1

    Close match

    Reads as white

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FFFAFA ΔE2000 0.0

    Imperceptible

    Reads as white

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #FBFBFB ΔE2000 2.4

    Close match

    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 #FFFAFA

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 #181515 · 17.55:1

    Body text, AAA

  • Step 700 #5B5757 · 6.89:1

    Body text, AA

  • Step 300 #C1BCBC · 1.81:1

    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-snow: #fffafa;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        snow: '#fffafa',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-snow: oklch(0.989 0.005 17.2);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "snow": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [1, 0.9804, 0.9804],
        "hex": "#fffafa"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color snow"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let snow = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.980, blue: 0.980, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Snow = Color(0xFFFFFAFA)
}

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.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #FFFAFA in the tools

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