White Smoke is the CSS named color #F5F5F5 — rgb(245, 245, 245), hsl(0, 0%, 96%). Its relative luminance is 0.913, giving 1.09:1 against white and 19.26:1 against black, so it works as a text color on black.
| HEX | #F5F5F5 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(245, 245, 245) |
| HSL | hsl(0, 0%, 96%) |
| Relative luminance | 0.9131 |
| Contrast on white | 1.09:1 AA fail |
| Contrast on black | 19.26:1 AA pass |
Built by mixing whitesmoke toward white (four steps) and toward black (four steps) while keeping the hue. Use the shades generator for a different step count or to add harmony sets.
Closest by CIELAB distance (ΔE76). For perceptual matching in a design system, compare in OKLab before locking a token.
whitesmoke is #F5F5F5, which is rgb(245, 245, 245) and hsl(0, 0%, 96%). It is one of the 148 CSS named colors defined by the CSS Color Module Level 4.
White Smoke has a relative luminance of 0.913 on a 0–1 scale, so it is a light color. Against white it scores 1.09:1; against black, 19.26:1.
whitesmoke reaches 19.26:1 against black, which clears WCAG 2.2 AA for normal text (4.5:1) at any size.