HEX atlas value

#F5F5F5

#F5F5F5 is a neutral gray HEX color nearest White Smoke. RGB 245, 245, 245, HSL 0° 0% 96%, luminance 0.9131; view contrast and conversions.

gray neutral light

#F5F5F5 Sample readable text

HEX #F5F5F5

RGB rgb(245, 245, 245)

HSL hsl(0 0% 96%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 0, 0, 4)

Luminance 0.9131

Contrast Black 19.26:1White 1.09:1

CSS

--color-f5f5f5: #F5F5F5;
.background-f5f5f5 { background-color: #F5F5F5; }
.text-f5f5f5 { color: #F5F5F5; }

HEX meaning and use

About #F5F5F5

#F5F5F5 is classified as a neutral gray value with light visual character. #F5F5F5 is visually closest to White Smoke, a named gray color with HEX #F5F5F5.

The RGB channels are 245, 245, and 245, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 0deg with 0% saturation and 96% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and light surfaces. Its luminance is 0.9131, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text19.26:1AA Pass

White text1.09:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #F5F5F5 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000019.26:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.09:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

White#FFFFFF · #000000 text · best 21:1 Powder Coat White#F8F8F2 · #000000 text · best 19.7:1 Paper White#F7F7F2 · #000000 text · best 19.54:1 Cloud#F5F6F7 · #000000 text · best 19.41:1 #F7F3F3#F7F3F3 · #000000 text · best 19.07:1

Generated Palette

White Smoke#F5F5F5

White#FFFFFF

#C7C7C7#C7C7C7

Color Harmonies

White Smoke#F5F5F5

Variants

White#FFFFFF

#C7C7C7#C7C7C7

#F7F3F3#F7F3F3

White Smoke#F5F5F5

White#FFFFFF

Nearest Named Colors

White Smoke#F5F5F5

Cloud#F5F6F7

Porcelain#F2F3F4

Paper White#F7F7F2

Powder Coat White#F8F8F2

Luminance0.9131

Black text19.26:1AA Pass

White text1.09:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#F5F5F5","rgb":[245,245,245],"hsl":[0,0,96],"cmyk":[0,0,0,4],"luminance":0.9131,"contrast":{"black":19.26,"white":1.09}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":19.26,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.09,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"White","hex":"#FFFFFF","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":21,"contrastWhite":1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Powder Coat White","hex":"#F8F8F2","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.7,"contrastWhite":1.07,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Paper White","hex":"#F7F7F2","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.54,"contrastWhite":1.07,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"Cloud","hex":"#F5F6F7","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.41,"contrastWhite":1.08,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#F7F3F3","hex":"#F7F3F3","family":"red","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":19.07,"contrastWhite":1.1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["neutral gray","light","light gray","White Smoke adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","light surfaces","neutral UI systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/f5f5f5.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/white-smoke.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cloud.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/porcelain.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#F5F5F5","analogous":["#F5F5F5","#F5F5F5"],"triadic":["#F5F5F5","#F5F5F5"],"tetradic":["#F5F5F5","#F5F5F5","#F5F5F5"],"splitComplementary":["#F5F5F5","#F5F5F5"],"monochromatic":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5","#C7C7C7"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FFFFFF","dark":"#C7C7C7","saturated":"#F7F3F3","desaturated":"#F5F5F5","pastel":"#FFFFFF","neon":"#FFFFFF"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"white-smoke","name":"White Smoke","hex":"#F5F5F5","distance":0},{"slug":"cloud","name":"Cloud","hex":"#F5F6F7","distance":2.23606797749979},{"slug":"porcelain","name":"Porcelain","hex":"#F2F3F4","distance":3.7416573867739413},{"slug":"paper-white","name":"Paper White","hex":"#F7F7F2","distance":4.123105625617661},{"slug":"powder-coat-white","name":"Powder Coat White","hex":"#F8F8F2","distance":5.196152422706632}]

#F5F5F5

CSS

About #F5F5F5

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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