What color is #F7F9F5?

#F7F9F5 is a very light, grayish green, closest to the named color White Porcelain. It belongs to the white family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #F7F9F5?

The RGB value is 247, 249, 245: 247 red, 249 green and 245 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #F7F9F5?

The complementary color is #F7F5F9, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #F7F9F5?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 19.82:1 and white text 1.06:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#F7F9F5 color

#F7F9F5 rgb(247, 249, 245)

Shades of white

The hex color #F7F9F5 is a very light, grayish green.

In the RGB color model it is made of 96.9% red, 97.6% green and 96.1% blue (247, 249, 245).

Its hue angle is 90°, with 25% saturation and 97% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 1% cyan, 0% magenta, 2% yellow and 2% black.

The closest named color is White Porcelain (#F8FBF8), a difference of 0.7 ΔE, which is barely visible.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 19.82:1).

#F7F9F5 color codes

HEX	`#F7F9F5`
RGB	`rgb(247, 249, 245)`
RGB percent	`rgb(96.9%, 97.6%, 96.1%)`
HSL	`hsl(90, 25%, 97%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(90, 2%, 98%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(1%, 0%, 2%, 2%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(97.68, -1.36, 1.68)`
CIE LCH	`lch(97.68, 2.17, 129)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(88.712, 94.118, 99.862)`
Decimal	`16251381`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #F7F9F5, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #F7F9F5	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	19.82:1	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sample text	1.06:1	Fail	Fail	Fail

#F7F9F5 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	1.06:1	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sample text	19.82:1	Pass	Pass	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #F7F9F5 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #f7f9f5; }
.text { color: #f7f9f5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f7f9f5; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(247 249 245 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #f7f9f5, #f5f9f5); }

Background

Text color

Border

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Questions

What color is #F7F9F5?: #F7F9F5 is a very light, grayish green, closest to the named color White Porcelain. It belongs to the white family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #F7F9F5?: The RGB value is 247, 249, 245: 247 red, 249 green and 245 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #F7F9F5?: The complementary color is #F7F5F9, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #F7F9F5?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 19.82:1 and white text 1.06:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.