Nearest-color comparison

Porcelain vs White Smoke

Porcelain and White Smoke are different blue and gray colors with HEX values #F2F3F4 and #F5F5F5. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 3.7, their contrast ratio is 1.02:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Porcelain and White Smoke are very close colors. White Smoke is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.02:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Porcelain#F2F3F4

White Smoke#F5F5F5

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Porcelain and White Smoke across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance3.7

Pair contrast1.02:1

Luminance delta0.018

Hue delta210 deg

Lighter colorWhite Smoke

More saturatedPorcelain

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

blue color

Porcelain

Porcelain is #F2F3F4, a cool blue color with light character. Compared with White Smoke, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for backgrounds, typography, and product surfaces, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#F2F3F4 RGB242, 243, 244 HSL210, 8, 95 CMYK1, 0, 0, 4 Luminance0.8951 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

gray color

White Smoke

White Smoke is #F5F5F5, a neutral gray color with light character. Compared with Porcelain, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#F5F5F5 RGB245, 245, 245 HSL0, 0, 96 CMYK0, 0, 0, 4 Luminance0.9131 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Porcelain or White Smoke

Choose PorcelainPorcelain is better when the design needs light blue character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #F2F3F4.

Choose White SmokeWhite Smoke is better when the design needs light gray character, neutral temperature, and the specific HEX value #F5F5F5.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyPorcelainWhite Smoke

HEX#F2F3F4#F5F5F5

RGB242, 243, 244245, 245, 245

HSL210, 8, 950, 0, 96

CMYK1, 0, 0, 40, 0, 0, 4

FamilyBlueGray

TemperatureCoolNeutral

ToneLightLight

Luminance0.89510.9131

Black contrast18.9:119.26:1

White contrast1.11:11.09:1

Shared tonesLight

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Porcelainblack text - 18.9:1

White Smokeblack text - 19.26:1

Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Porcelain#F2F3F4

White Smoke#F5F5F5

White#FFFFFF

#F3F2F1#F3F2F1

White Smoke#F5F5F5

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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    "temperature": "cool",
    "tone": [
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    ],
    "luminance": 0.8951,
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    },
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    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 18.9
    },
    "description": "Porcelain is #F2F3F4, a cool blue color with light character. Compared with White Smoke, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for backgrounds, typography, and product surfaces, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/porcelain/",
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  },
  {
    "slug": "white-smoke",
    "name": "White Smoke",
    "hex": "#F5F5F5",
    "rgb": [
      245,
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      245
    ],
    "hsl": [
      0,
      0,
      96
    ],
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      0,
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    ],
    "family": "gray",
    "temperature": "neutral",
    "tone": [
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    ],
    "luminance": 0.9131,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 19.26,
      "white": 1.09
    },
    "wcag": {
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        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
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        "#000000",
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    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 19.26
    },
    "description": "White Smoke is #F5F5F5, a neutral gray color with light character. Compared with Porcelain, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/white-smoke/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/white-smoke.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 3.7,
  "contrastRatio": 1.02,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 210,
    "saturation": 8,
    "lightness": 1
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.018,
  "sameFamily": false,
  "sameTemperature": false,
  "sharedTones": [
    "light"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "White Smoke",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Porcelain"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.02,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Porcelain",
      "background": "#F2F3F4",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 18.9
    },
    {
      "color": "White Smoke",
      "background": "#F5F5F5",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 19.26
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "White Smoke is better when the design needs light gray character, neutral temperature, and the specific HEX value #F5F5F5.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

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  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/white-smoke.json"
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Full JSON dataset

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