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#f5f3fc

a pale, vivid blue · cool · closest name: Ghost White

Token name suggestion: Whisper Sapphire

RGB
245, 243, 252
HSL
253°, 60%, 97%
CMYK
3, 4, 0, 1
Luminance
0.9054

#f5f3fc is a pale vivid blue, 253° on the wheel and 76/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (19.11:1). As text it scores 1.10:1 on white — use #7B60D7 instead. Nearest name is Ghost White, nearest Tailwind family is cyan.

hsl(253 60% 97%)rgb(245 243 252)Base step 50AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #f5f3fc is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#f5f3fc
Hue
253°
blue
Saturation
60%
vivid
Lightness
97%
pale
Brightness
99%
HSV value
Perceived
96%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.9054
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
76/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
19.11:1
Closest name
Ghost White
ΔE2000 1.7
Chroma
4.7
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.968
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
cyan
500 · ΔE 34.1
Web-safe
#FFFFFF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue253° of 360°
Saturation60%
Lightness97%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #f5f3fc.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool76% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red21%
Green71%
Blue8%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#f5f3fc
HEX (8-digit)#f5f3fcff
RGBrgb(245, 243, 252)
RGBArgba(245, 243, 252, 1)
HSLhsl(253, 60%, 97%)
HSV / HSBhsv(253, 4%, 99%)
HWBhwb(253 95% 1%)
CMYKcmyk(3%, 4%, 0%, 1%)
LABlab(96.2 2.3 -4.1)
LCHlch(96.2 4.7 299.1)
OKLCHoklch(0.968 0.012 296.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(87.27, 90.54, 104.96)
Decimal16118780
Display P3color(display-p3 0.961 0.953 0.988)
Web-safe#FFFFFF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #f5f3fc;
background-color: #f5f3fc;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #f5f3fc;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#f5f3fc] bg-[#f5f3fc]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #f5f3fc;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.961, green: 0.953, blue: 0.988)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.961, green: 0.953, blue: 0.988, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#F5F3FC</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFF5F3FC)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFF5F3FC)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(252, 243, 245)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(245, 243, 252)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(245, 243, 252)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 245, 243, 252)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9608f, 0.9529f, 0.9882f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{245,243,252}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #f5f3fc 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #f5f3fc 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#2A1A66, #D9D3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #f5f3fc h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #f5f3fc;
  --brand-100: #ECE9F7;
  --brand-200: #D4CCEF;
  --brand-300: #B4A5E9;
  --brand-400: #8F78DD;
  --brand-500: #694BD2;
  --brand-600: #5231C4;
  --brand-700: #4429A3;
  --brand-800: #362183;
  --brand-900: #2A1B5F;
  --brand-950: #1A113B;
  --brand: #f5f3fc;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6F4FA;
  --brand-border: #CAC0ED;
  --brand-hover: #DDD7F5;
  --brand-pressed: #C6BAEE;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #171424;
    --brand-ink: #D9D3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#f5f3fc',
        100: '#ECE9F7',
        200: '#D4CCEF',
        300: '#B4A5E9',
        400: '#8F78DD',
        500: '#694BD2',
        600: '#5231C4',
        700: '#4429A3',
        800: '#362183',
        900: '#2A1B5F',
        950: '#1A113B',
        DEFAULT: '#f5f3fc',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #f5f3fc,
  '100': #ECE9F7,
  '200': #D4CCEF,
  '300': #B4A5E9,
  '400': #8F78DD,
  '500': #694BD2,
  '600': #5231C4,
  '700': #4429A3,
  '800': #362183,
  '900': #2A1B5F,
  '950': #1A113B,
);
$brand-base: #f5f3fc;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#f5f3fc", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#ECE9F7", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D4CCEF", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#B4A5E9", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#8F78DD", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#694BD2", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#5231C4", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#4429A3", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#362183", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#2A1B5F", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#1A113B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #f5f3fc · 19.11:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.10:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 19.11:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #f5f3fc as text scores 1.10:1 on white and 19.11:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #2A1A66 at 13.29:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#7B60D7 · 4.67:1
AA on white−36% L
#7B60D7
The quick fox
#5C3CCE · 7.02:1
AAA on white−45% L
#5C3CCE
The quick fox
#f5f3fc · 19.11:1
AA on blackalready passes
#f5f3fc
The quick fox
#f5f3fc · 19.11:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#f5f3fc

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #9985E1 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#f5f3fc on white: 1.10:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#f5f3fc on black: 19.11:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #f5f3fc as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #f5f3fc.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.10:1AaAa
Slate 501.05:1AaAa
Slate 1001.00:1AaAa
Slate 2001.12:1AaAa
Slate 3001.35:1AaAa
Slate 4002.33:1AaAa
Slate 5004.33:1AaAa
Slate 6006.90:1AaAa
Slate 7009.42:1AaAa
Slate 80013.31:1AaAa
Slate 90016.24:1AaAa
Black19.11:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #F1F4FC
deuteranopia · #F2F4FC
tritanopia · #F4F4F6

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #f5f3fc is pinned to step 50; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#f5f3fc
#ECE9F7
#D4CCEF
#B4A5E9
#8F78DD
#694BD2
#5231C4
#4429A3
#362183
#2A1B5F
#1A113B
Base = 50Lightest = 50 · #f5f3fcDarkest = 950 · #1A113BText step on white = 500
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.003 296.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.005 296.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.007 296.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.009 296.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.011 296.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.012 296.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.012 296.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.011 296.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.010 296.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.008 296.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.007 296.4);
}

Colors that work with #f5f3fc

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F6F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#CAC0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#5C4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#A3A329
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#2A1A66
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EEEBFA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#171424
Dark-mode background
Hover#DDD7F5
One step down in lightness
Pressed#C6BAEE
Two steps down
Disabled#F4F3F7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E3DCF9
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #f5f3fc

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #2A1A66
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #9985E1

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The high lightness makes it recede — a surface colour rather than a statement.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight3/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#FAFCF3
Analogous left#F3F6FC
Analogous right#FAF3FC
Split-complement 1#FCFAF3
Split-complement 2#F6FCF3
Triadic 1#FCF5F3
Triadic 2#F3FCF5
Tetradic#FCF3F6
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°253°

#f5f3fc sits at 253°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red96.1%
Green95.3%
Blue98.8%
R · 0–255
245
0xf5
G · 0–255
243
0xf3
B · 0–255
252
0xfc

CMYK percentages

Cyan2.8%
Magenta3.6%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)1.2%

Total ink coverage is 8%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#f5f3fc text on a black background

contrast 19.11:1

Card sample

#f5f3fc text on a white background

contrast 1.10:1

Card sample

#f5f3fc on grey

1.00:1

#f5f3fc on its own surface

1.01:1

#f5f3fc on its dark surface

16.44:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #f5f3fc;
Background color
Panel with #f5f3fc background
background-color: #f5f3fc;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #f5f3fc;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(245, 243, 252, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(245, 243, 252, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #f5f3fc;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f5f3fc, #FBF3FC);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f5f3fc, #FCF3FB);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #f5f3fc;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #f5f3fc;
caret-color: #f5f3fc;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #f5f3fc;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EEEBFA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #f5f3fc;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#f5f3fc 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #f5f3fc over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(245, 243, 252, 0.5)
rgb(245 243 252 / 50%)
#f5f3fc80
hsl(253 60% 97% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #f5f3fc 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#f5f3fc1a#FEFEFF
20%#f5f3fc33#FDFDFE
40%#f5f3fc66#FBFAFE
60%#f5f3fc99#F9F8FD
80%#f5f3fccc#F7F5FD

Gradients from #f5f3fc

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F1EFFB, #f5f3fc 45%, #2A1A66);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #f5f3fc, #F5DBF6);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #f5f3fc, #FAFCF3);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F5F3FC 0%, #f5f3fc 45%, #2A1A66 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #FFFFFF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #FFFFFF 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #2A1A66 0%, transparent 65%), #f5f3fc;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #f5f3fc

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#f5f3fc in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Very light tints can drop out on uncoated stock; check it at 100% size before signing off.

On screens

Very light values are indistinguishable from white on a dim phone screen outdoors. Give it a border if the boundary matters.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 19.11:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#f5f3fc, answered

What color is #f5f3fc?

#f5f3fc is a pale vivid blue, closest to Ghost White (ΔE2000 1.7). It sits at 253° on the hue wheel with 60% saturation and 97% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #f5f3fc?

rgb(245, 243, 252) — 245 red, 243 green and 252 blue out of 255, or 96.1% / 95.3% / 98.8% by channel.

What is #f5f3fc in HSL and HSV?

hsl(253, 60%, 97%) and hsv(253, 4%, 99%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #f5f3fc a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.9054 and perceived brightness is 96%, so black text on it reaches 19.11:1.

Should I use black or white text on #f5f3fc?

Black. It scores 19.11:1 against #f5f3fc, versus 1.10:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #f5f3fc accessible on a white background?

#f5f3fc on white scores 1.10:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #7B60D7 to reach 4.5:1, or #5C3CCE for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #f5f3fc?

#FAFCF3 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #FCFAF3 and #F6FCF3, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #f5f3fc?

For interface work: #F6F4FA as the surface, #CAC0ED for borders, #5C4B9B for secondary text, #A3A329 as an accent and #2A1A66 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F3F6FC and #FAF3FC stays calm, while #FAFCF3 is the loudest partner.

What is #f5f3fc in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(3%, 4%, 0%, 1%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #f5f3fc warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 76 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F8F3FC; nudged cooler, #F3F4FC.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #f5f3fc?

The cyan family — its 500 step is #06b6d4, ΔE2000 34.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #f5f3fc as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #f5f3fc in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#f5f3fc] or text-[#f5f3fc], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #f5f3fc with 50% opacity?

rgba(245, 243, 252, 0.5), or #f5f3fc80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #FAF9FE; over black, #7B7A7E.

Is #f5f3fc a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFFFFF, ΔE2000 5.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #f5f3fc mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #f5f3fc?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F1EFFB, #f5f3fc 45%, #2A1A66). For more colour, a short hue run to #F5DBF6 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #f5f3fc in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #f5f3fc at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.