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Ghost White

Hex #F8F8FF, rgb(248 248 255). A white CSS named color.

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About Ghost White

Ghost White is a very light near-white with the hex code #F8F8FF. In RGB it is made of 248 red, 248 green and 255 blue; in HSL its hue is 240°, with 100% saturation and 99% lightness. Its perceptual lightness (OKLCH L) is 98.1%.

It is a CSS named color, so you can write "ghostwhite" anywhere CSS accepts a color. Against white it has a contrast ratio of 1.06:1 and against black 19.86:1, so black text reads better on it and passes WCAG AA for normal text.

Tints, shades and tones

Ghost White mixed step by step with white, black and middle gray (#808080).

Tints (with white)

Shades (with black)

Tones (with gray)

Ghost White 50-950 scale

A Tailwind-style scale built in OKLCH; the original color sits on the step with the closest lightness.

Colors that go with Ghost White

Color harmonies rotate the hue in OKLCH and keep the lightness and chroma. Each color links to its closest named color.

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split complementary

Tetradic

Square

Monochromatic

Contrast and readability

WCAG 2 contrast of Ghost White with white and black. The readable text color on Ghost White is black.

Ghost White textSmall text on white

On white1.06:1

  • AA fail
  • AA Large fail
  • AAA fail
  • UI 3:1 fail

APCA Lc 0

Ghost White textSmall text on black

On black19.86:1

  • AA pass
  • AA Large pass
  • AAA pass
  • UI 3:1 pass

APCA Lc -104

Black text on Ghost White (#000000)

Test any pair in the contrast checker.

Color blindness preview

How Ghost White appears with each type of color vision deficiency (simulated with the Machado model).

  • Protanopia#F7F9FF
  • Deuteranopia#F6F8FF
  • Tritanopia#F7F9FA
  • Protanomaly#F7F8FF
  • Deuteranomaly#F7F8FF
  • Tritanomaly#F8F8FD
  • Achromatopsia#F9F9F9

Colors similar to Ghost White

The closest named colors by perceptual difference (OKLab).

Use Ghost White in CSS and Tailwind

CSS
.ghost-white {
  color: ghostwhite; /* #F8F8FF */
  background-color: rgb(248 248 255);
  border-color: oklch(98.1% 0.009 286.2);
}
Tailwind CSS
/* Tailwind CSS v4: bg-ghost-white-500, text-ghost-white-700... */
@theme {
  --color-ghost-white-50: #F8F8FF;
  --color-ghost-white-100: #EAEAFA;
  --color-ghost-white-200: #D7D6F4;
  --color-ghost-white-300: #BAB8EC;
  --color-ghost-white-400: #9590DD;
  --color-ghost-white-500: #7F77D0;
  --color-ghost-white-600: #6D64B8;
  --color-ghost-white-700: #574F96;
  --color-ghost-white-800: #454078;
  --color-ghost-white-900: #383461;
  --color-ghost-white-950: #15112D;
}

<!-- or the exact color, no config -->
<div class="bg-[#F8F8FF] text-[#000000]">…</div>