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White

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

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About White

White is a very light near-white with the hex code #FFFFFF. In RGB it is made of 255 red, 255 green and 255 blue; in HSL its hue is 0°, with 0% saturation and 100% lightness. Its perceptual lightness (OKLCH L) is 100.0%.

It is a CSS named color, so you can write "white" anywhere CSS accepts a color. Against white it has a contrast ratio of 1.00:1 and against black 21.00:1, so black text reads better on it and passes WCAG AA for normal text.

Tints, shades and tones

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

Tints (with white)

Shades (with black)

Tones (with gray)

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 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 White with white and black. The readable text color on White is black.

White textSmall text on white

On white1.00:1

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

APCA Lc 0

White textSmall text on black

On black21.00:1

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

APCA Lc -108

Black text on White (#000000)

Test any pair in the contrast checker.

Color blindness preview

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

  • Protanopia#FFFFFF
  • Deuteranopia#FFFFFF
  • Tritanopia#FFFFFF
  • Protanomaly#FFFFFF
  • Deuteranomaly#FFFFFF
  • Tritanomaly#FFFFFF
  • Achromatopsia#FFFFFF

Colors similar to White

The closest named colors by perceptual difference (OKLab).

Use White in CSS and Tailwind

CSS
.white {
  color: white; /* #FFFFFF */
  background-color: rgb(255 255 255);
  border-color: oklch(100% 0 0);
}
Tailwind CSS
/* Tailwind CSS v4: bg-white-500, text-white-700... */
@theme {
  --color-white-50: #FFFFFF;
  --color-white-100: #F2F2F2;
  --color-white-200: #DFDFDF;
  --color-white-300: #C3C3C3;
  --color-white-400: #9E9E9E;
  --color-white-500: #888888;
  --color-white-600: #747474;
  --color-white-700: #5D5D5D;
  --color-white-800: #4A4A4A;
  --color-white-900: #3C3C3C;
  --color-white-950: #161616;
}

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