Photo in the color White smoke
Pictured: White smoke, the closest color we have a photo of (#F5F5F5)
rgb(246, 241, 244)
#F6F1F4

Grim White #F6F1F4 RGB Color Code

Name from the community color list.

Grim White (#F6F1F4) is a neutral white. In RGB it is made of 96% red, 95% green and 96% blue (R 246, G 241, B 244). The red channel is the strongest. In HSL it has a hue of 324Β°, 22% saturation and 95% lightness. Its relative luminance is 0.890, so black text is easier to read on top of it. For print, a rough CMYK match is 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 1% yellow and 4% black. Check it against your printer's ICC profile before you print. It is a neutral color. It goes well with warm oranges and reds for contrast. For a calm, matching look, use nearby cool tones.

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Grim White color codes

#F6F1F4 in every common color format. Click a value to copy it.

FormatValueNotesCopy
HEX #F6F1F4 Valid CSS
RGB rgb(246, 241, 244) Valid CSS
HSL hsl(324, 22%, 95%) Valid CSS
HSV / HSB hsv(324, 2%, 96%) Not a CSS format
HWB hwb(324 95% 4%) Valid CSS
CMYK cmyk(0%, 2%, 1%, 4%) Approximate (no ICC profile)
OKLCH oklch(96.29% 0.0066 340.39) Valid CSS
OKLab oklab(96.29% 0.0063 -0.0022) Valid CSS
CIELAB lab(95.6% 2.12 -0.83) D50, as in CSS
CIELCH lch(95.6% 2.28 338.72) Valid CSS
Display P3 color(display-p3 0.9613 0.9458 0.9562) Valid CSS
XYZ (D65) color(xyz-d65 0.8579 0.8904 0.9826) Valid CSS
Decimal 16183796 Integer (0xRRGGBB)

CMYK here is a rough screen match without an ICC profile. See CMYK and print. Relative luminance: 0.8904. Nearest web-safe color: #FFFFFF.

Mix Grim White with other colors

See what #F6F1F4 makes with red paint, under a green light, printed with cyan ink and in a digital blend with blue. Click a picture to change the colors and amounts in the color mixer.

Use Grim White in your code

Ready to paste into CSS, Sass, Tailwind, iOS, Android and Flutter. Click the icon to copy a line.

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CSS variable--grim-white: #F6F1F4;
Sass variable$grim-white: #F6F1F4;
Tailwind CSS v4@theme { --color-grim-white: #F6F1F4; }
Tailwind CSS v3 configcolors: { 'grim-white': '#F6F1F4' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.965, green: 0.945, blue: 0.957)
UIKitUIColor(red: 0.965, green: 0.945, blue: 0.957, alpha: 1)
Android XML<color name="grim_white">#FFF6F1F4</color>
Flutter and Jetpack ComposeColor(0xFFF6F1F4)

Accessibility and contrast

Black text works best on #F6F1F4 (18.81:1, AAA). Here is how #F6F1F4 does as a text color:

Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
1.12:1 on white
APCA Lc 0
Fails AATry #7A7678
Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
18.81:1 on black
APCA Lc -100
AAA

Check this color against any background in the contrast checker. WCAG ratios and APCA Lc values measure different things, so one can't stand in for the other. Learn more.

How people with color blindness see Grim White

#F6F1F4 next to its complement and its two triadic colors, as seen with each type of color blindness.

  • Normal visionhow most people see it
  • Protanopiano red cones, about 1% of men
  • Deuteranopiano green cones, the most common type
  • Tritanopiano blue cones, very rare
  • Achromatopsiano color at all, very rare

#F6F1F4 has almost no hue, so it looks much the same with every type of color blindness. Only its lightness counts. Try your own colors in the color blindness simulator.

Grim White in a user interface

A sample app screen with #F6F1F4 as the main color, on a light and a dark theme.

Light theme

Dark theme

Buttons and bars use #F6F1F4 as it is. On the light theme, #F6F1F4 is too hard to read as text (1.12:1), so links, the badge and outline text use #7A7678 there (4.48:1). Build a full color scheme around it in the UI color preview.

Color harmonies for Grim White

These schemes turn the hue of #F6F1F4 around the color wheel. Each swatch links to its own page.

Complementary

Two colors on opposite sides of the wheel. This gives the most contrast.

Open palette

Analogous

Hues that sit next to each other and look good together.

Open palette

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel. Bold, but still balanced.

Open palette

Split complementary

A base color plus the two hues on each side of its opposite. Strong contrast that clashes less.

Open palette

Tetradic (rectangle)

Two pairs of opposite colors. Let one color lead and use the others less.

Open palette

Square

Four hues 90Β° apart, spread evenly around the wheel.

Open palette

Monochromatic

One hue at different levels of lightness and saturation.

Open palette

Gradients with Grim White

Four CSS gradients made from #F6F1F4. Copy the code, or open one in the gradient generator to change it.

Soft tint

From a pale tint to the full color.

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #FDFCFD, #F6F1F4);

Edit in the gradient generator

Deep shade

The color fading into a dark shade.

background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6F1F4, #454344);

Edit in the gradient generator

Analogous

Its two neighbors on the color wheel.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F6F1F6, #F6F1F4, #F6F1F2);

Edit in the gradient generator

Triadic

A bold blend with a triadic color, through a clean middle.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F6F1F4, #F5F4F3, #F4F6F1);

Edit in the gradient generator

Shades, tints and tones of Grim White

Shades are darker, tints are lighter and tones are grayer. We make them in OKLCH so the steps look even. Hover a step to see its code, or click it to open it.

Design system scale (50 to 950)

Grim White sits at step 50. Export the full scale as CSS variables or Tailwind tokens from the picker.

  1. 50
    F6F1F4
  2. 100
    EEECED
  3. 200
    DDDADB
  4. 300
    C3BFC2
  5. 400
    A6A1A4
  6. 500
    898587
  7. 600
    6F6A6D
  8. 700
    585456
  9. 800
    444143
  10. 900
    322F31
  11. 950
    1E1C1D

Closest RAL, Tailwind and CSS colors

The nearest match to #F6F1F4 in three color systems that designers and builders use.

Ξ”E is the distance in OKLab: under 2 is hard to see, over 10 is a clearly different color. Browse all RAL colors, the Tailwind palette or the 148 CSS color names. RAL values on screens are only a guide, so check a real color chart before you order paint.

The named colors that look closest to this one (Ξ”E in OKLab). Browse all shades of white or search the color library.