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Off-white

#ffffe4
Notes

Off-white (#FFFFE4) is a pale neutral with a mono character. It's a grayscale value, at home in typography, dividers, and the structural layer beneath stronger colors. Its HSL profile (60°, 100%, 95%) places it in the highly saturated band at a light lightness. It works as a soft page background, card surface, or low-key divider. Avoid it for body text against white. Pair it with almost any saturated accent. It's built to sit underneath or behind stronger colors without fighting them.

HEX
#ffffe4
RGB
rgb(255, 255, 228)
HSL
hsl(60, 100%, 95%)
HWB
hwb(60 89% 0%)
OKLCH
oklch(99.3% 0.035 107.0)
HSV
hsv(60, 11%, 100%)
LAB
lab(99.37% -4.48 12.92)
LCH
lch(99.37% 13.67 109.15)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 0%, 11%, 0%)

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Harmonies

Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#ffffe4
Original
#fffce2
Protanopia
#fffee5
Deuteranopia
#fffbf7
Tritanopia
#fdfdfd
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
1.02:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
20.68:1

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