Ghost white

#e8e8ec

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for ghost white, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Ghost white sits in the blue band, pale and grey. Pale blues like this read clean and calm, common in health and tech. Warm oranges and ambers opposite it add energy and grey keeps it professional.

Ghost white color values

Every conversion for #e8e8ec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e8e8ec

RGB232, 232, 236

HSL240, 10%, 92%

HSV240, 2%, 93%

CMYK2%, 2%, 0%, 7%

Lab92.1, 0.72, -1.95

XYZ77.28, 80.93, 90.9

Decimal15263980

Web safe#ffffff

Pantone656 C

Shades of ghost white

#d0d0d8 #b8b8c4 #a0a0b1 #88889d #717189 #5d5d71 #494959 #353541 #222229 #0e0e11

Tints of ghost white

#e9e9ed #ebebee #ececef #ededf0 #efeff1 #f0f0f3 #f1f1f4 #f3f3f5 #f4f4f6 #f5f5f7

Colors that go with ghost white

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Ghost white in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 2, 2, 0, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e8e8ec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 2 0 7

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 6 4 13

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Ghost white in css

Copy #e8e8ec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e8e8ec; }
.text { color: #e8e8ec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8e8ec; }

How ghost white looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Ghost white and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e8e8ec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e8e8ec against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Ghost white on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e8e8ec sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around ghost white? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn ghost white into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e8e8ec and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from ghost white, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #e8e8ec is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.