White color (#FFFFFF)
White is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword white
anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #FFFFFF, which is rgb(255, 255, 255) in RGB.
It is a very light neutral and a perceived lightness of 100% in OKLCH. On a white background, black text gives the higher contrast at 21.00:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.
White color codes
| CSS name | white |
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|---|---|---|
| HEX | #FFFFFF |
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| HEX (8-digit) | #FFFFFFFF |
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| RGB | rgb(255, 255, 255) |
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| HSL | hsl(0, 0%, 100%) |
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| HSV / HSB | hsv(0, 0%, 100%) |
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| OKLCH | oklch(100% 0 89.9) |
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| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 0%) |
Contrast with white and black
WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for white used as text and as a background.
Tints and shades of white
Tints mix white with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.
Tints
Shades
Colors that go with white
Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-Complementary
White with color blindness
Approximately how white appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.
Using white in CSS
.element {
color: white;
background-color: #ffffff;
border-color: rgb(255 255 255 / 50%);
outline-color: oklch(100% 0 89.9);
}Similar named colors
See all shades of white or browse every CSS color name.