White smoke

#ececee

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

This is White smoke, a pale neutral that behaves like a grey. Pale neutrals like this make dependable backgrounds and paper stocks. It works under any accent color, holding a scheme together without competing.

White smoke color values

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

Hex#ececee

RGB236, 236, 238

HSL240, 6%, 93%

HSV240, 1%, 93%

CMYK1%, 1%, 0%, 7%

Lab93.45, 0.36, -0.98

XYZ80.02, 84.0, 92.88

Decimal15527150

Web safe#ffffff

Pantone656 C

Shades of white smoke

#d5d5d9 #bdbdc4 #a6a6af #8e8e9a #777785 #62626e #4d4d56 #38383f #232328 #0e0e10

Tints of white smoke

#ededef #eeeef0 #efeff1 #f0f0f1 #f1f1f2 #f2f2f3 #f3f3f4 #f4f4f5 #f5f5f6 #f6f6f7

Colors that go with white smoke

Complementary#eeeeec Analogous#ecedee Analogous#edecee Triadic#eeecec Triadic#eceeec Split complementary#eeedec Split complementary#edeeec

White smoke in print

In print it lays down as a whisper of ink, so keep it off small text where it can vanish. The cmyk build is 1, 1, 0, 7.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 1 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 5 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.

White smoke in css

Copy #ececee straight into your stylesheet.

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

How white smoke looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

White smoke and accessibility

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

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

White smoke on a business card, sticker and pattern

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

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn white smoke into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ececee 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 white smoke, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #ececee is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.