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rgb(248, 251, 248)
#F8FBF8

White Porcelain #F8FBF8 RGB Color Code

Name from the community color list.

White Porcelain (#F8FBF8) is a neutral white. In RGB it is made of 97% red, 98% green and 97% blue (R 248, G 251, B 248). The green channel is the strongest. In HSL it has a hue of 120°, 27% saturation and 98% lightness. Its relative luminance is 0.957, so black text is easier to read on top of it. For print, a rough CMYK match is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 1% yellow and 2% 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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White Porcelain color codes

#F8FBF8 in every common color format. Click a value to copy it.

FormatValueNotesCopy
HEX #F8FBF8 Valid CSS
RGB rgb(248, 251, 248) Valid CSS
HSL hsl(120, 27%, 98%) Valid CSS
HSV / HSB hsv(120, 1%, 98%) Not a CSS format
HWB hwb(120 97% 2%) Valid CSS
CMYK cmyk(1%, 0%, 1%, 2%) Approximate (no ICC profile)
OKLCH oklch(98.5% 0.0051 145.54) Valid CSS
OKLab oklab(98.5% -0.0042 0.0029) Valid CSS
CIELAB lab(98.33% -1.42 1.08) D50, as in CSS
CIELCH lch(98.33% 1.78 142.88) Valid CSS
Display P3 color(display-p3 0.9747 0.9839 0.9734) Valid CSS
XYZ (D65) color(xyz-d65 0.9015 0.9573 1.0254) Valid CSS
Decimal 16317432 Integer (0xRRGGBB)

CMYK here is a rough screen match without an ICC profile. See CMYK and print. Relative luminance: 0.9573. Nearest web-safe color: #FFFFFF.

Mix White Porcelain with other colors

See what #F8FBF8 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 White Porcelain 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--white-porcelain: #F8FBF8;
Sass variable$white-porcelain: #F8FBF8;
Tailwind CSS v4@theme { --color-white-porcelain: #F8FBF8; }
Tailwind CSS v3 configcolors: { 'white-porcelain': '#F8FBF8' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.973, green: 0.984, blue: 0.973)
UIKitUIColor(red: 0.973, green: 0.984, blue: 0.973, alpha: 1)
Android XML<color name="white_porcelain">#FFF8FBF8</color>
Flutter and Jetpack ComposeColor(0xFFF8FBF8)

Accessibility and contrast

Black text works best on #F8FBF8 (20.15:1, AAA). Here is how #F8FBF8 does as a text color:

Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
1.04:1 on white
APCA Lc 0
Fails AATry #757775
Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
20.15:1 on black
APCA Lc -105
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 White Porcelain

#F8FBF8 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

#F8FBF8 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.

White Porcelain in a user interface

A sample app screen with #F8FBF8 as the main color, on a light and a dark theme.

Light theme

Dark theme

Buttons and bars use #F8FBF8 as it is. On the light theme, #F8FBF8 is too hard to read as text (1.04:1), so links, the badge and outline text use #757775 there (4.51:1). Build a full color scheme around it in the UI color preview.

Color harmonies for White Porcelain

These schemes turn the hue of #F8FBF8 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 90° apart, spread evenly around the wheel.

Open palette

Monochromatic

One hue at different levels of lightness and saturation.

Open palette

Gradients with White Porcelain

Four CSS gradients made from #F8FBF8. 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, #FEFEFE, #F8FBF8);

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Deep shade

The color fading into a dark shade.

background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F8FBF8, #454645);

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Analogous

Its two neighbors on the color wheel.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #FAFBF8, #F8FBF8, #F8FBFA);

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Triadic

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

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F8FBF8, #F8FAFA, #F8F8FB);

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Shades, tints and tones of White Porcelain

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)

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

  1. 50
    F8FBF8
  2. 100
    ECEDEC
  3. 200
    D9DBD9
  4. 300
    BFC2BF
  5. 400
    A1A4A1
  6. 500
    848784
  7. 600
    6A6D6A
  8. 700
    545654
  9. 800
    414341
  10. 900
    2F312F
  11. 950
    1C1D1C

Closest RAL, Tailwind and CSS colors

The nearest match to #F8FBF8 in three color systems that designers and builders use.

ΔE 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 (ΔE in OKLab). Browse all shades of white or search the color library.