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White Smoke Palette

White Smoke Palette: #F5F5F5, #000000, #FFFFFF. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

White Smoke Palette assigns primary #F5F5F5, secondary #000000, surface #FFFFFF. The set spans Gray families with neutral temperature. Luminance runs from #000000 at 0 to #FFFFFF at 1; black gives higher contrast on 2 of 3 values.

All palettesSource colorAPI
3colors
Gray palettedominant group
4use cases

Palette Color Roles

White Smoke Palette maps 3 colors to practical UI roles for interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#F5F5F5White Smoke
Secondary#000000Black
Surface#FFFFFFWhite

CSS Variables

--palette-white-smoke-primary: #F5F5F5;
--palette-white-smoke-secondary: #000000;
--palette-white-smoke-surface: #FFFFFF;

Accessibility Snapshot

Compare all 3 White Smoke Palette values against black and white text, with the stronger standard foreground identified for each role.

Primary#F5F5F5
Black 19.26:1 · White 1.09:1
Best #000000
Secondary#000000
Black 1:1 · White 21:1
Best #FFFFFF
Surface#FFFFFF
Black 21:1 · White 1:1
Best #000000

UI Components Preview

Preview how the White Smoke Palette roles behave together across common interface components before copying the CSS variables.

ButtonPrimary action with checked foreground contrast.
CardSurface treatment using palette roles.
AlertBackground, text, and accent roles together.
NavbarSecondary role with accent state.

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable White Smoke Palette Data (JSON)

Structured palette data for White Smoke Palette, including color roles, accessibility, semantic groups, use cases, CSS variables, and API links.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.9131
Black text19.26:1AA Pass
White text1.09:1AA Fail
colorsPalette colors with roles and color systems
rolesPrimary, secondary, surface, background, and accent mapping
accessibilityContrast and WCAG text options by palette color
semanticGroupsAI-readable palette labels
useCasesDesign and implementation contexts
cssVariablesCopy-ready CSS custom properties
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Roles
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#F5F5F5",
    "name": "White Smoke"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#FFFFFF",
    "name": "White"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#F5F5F5",
    "name": "White Smoke",
    "blackContrast": 19.26,
    "whiteContrast": 1.09,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black",
    "blackContrast": 1,
    "whiteContrast": 21,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#FFFFFF",
    "name": "White",
    "blackContrast": 21,
    "whiteContrast": 1,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "white smoke palette",
  "generated palette",
  "gray palette",
  "light palette",
  "dark palette",
  "neutral palette"
]
Use cases
[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-white-smoke-primary: #F5F5F5;\n--palette-white-smoke-secondary: #000000;\n--palette-white-smoke-surface: #FFFFFF;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "white-smoke",
  "name": "White Smoke Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "white-smoke",
  "description": "Generated palette built from White Smoke, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "White Smoke Palette combines primary #F5F5F5, secondary #000000, surface #FFFFFF. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a gray palette, light palette, dark palette system for design system tokens, CSS variables, palette reference, and AI color ingestion, with each color mapped to roles, contrast data, CSS tokens, and machine-readable JSON.",
  "semanticGroups": [
    "white smoke palette",
    "generated palette",
    "gray palette",
    "light palette",
    "dark palette",
    "neutral palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#F5F5F5",
      "slug": "white-smoke",
      "name": "White Smoke",
      "rgb": [
        245,
        245,
        245
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        96
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        4
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "light"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.9131,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 19.26,
        "white": 1.09
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/white-smoke/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "slug": "black",
      "name": "Black",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "dark",
        "neutral"
      ],
      "luminance": 0,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 1,
        "white": 21
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/black/"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "slug": "white",
      "name": "White",
      "rgb": [
        255,
        255,
        255
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "light",
        "neutral"
      ],
      "luminance": 1,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 21,
        "white": 1
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/white/"
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#F5F5F5",
      "name": "White Smoke"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "name": "White"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#F5F5F5",
      "name": "White Smoke",
      "blackContrast": 19.26,
      "whiteContrast": 1.09,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black",
      "blackContrast": 1,
      "whiteContrast": 21,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#FFFFFF",
      "name": "White",
      "blackContrast": 21,
      "whiteContrast": 1,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-white-smoke-primary: #F5F5F5;\n--palette-white-smoke-secondary: #000000;\n--palette-white-smoke-surface: #FFFFFF;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/white-smoke.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/white-smoke.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/white-smoke/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/white-smoke.json"
}
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