Ghost white

#f4f2f9

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

Ghost white falls in the purple range, pale and soft. Purples like this signal creativity and a premium feel. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Ghost white color values

Every conversion for #f4f2f9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f4f2f9

RGB244, 242, 249

HSL257, 37%, 96%

HSV257, 3%, 98%

CMYK2%, 3%, 0%, 2%

Lab95.82, 1.92, -3.14

XYZ86.16, 89.58, 102.37

Decimal16052985

Web safe#ffffff

Pantone656 C

Shades of ghost white

#d9d2ea #bfb3dc #a493cd #8974bf #6f54b0 #5a4493 #473573 #342754 #201834 #0d0a15

Tints of ghost white

#f4f2f9 #f4f2f9 #f4f2f9 #f4f2f9 #f4f2f9 #f4f2f9 #f4f3f9 #f5f3f9 #f5f3f9 #f5f3f9

Colors that go with ghost white

Complementary#f7f9f2 Analogous#f2f3f9 Analogous#f8f2f9 Triadic#f9f4f2 Triadic#f2f9f4 Split complementary#f9f8f2 Split complementary#f3f9f2

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, 3, 0, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f4f2f9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 3 0 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 7 4 8

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 #f4f2f9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f4f2f9; }
.text { color: #f4f2f9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f4f2f9; }

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 #f4f2f9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f4f2f9 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 #f4f2f9 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 #f4f2f9 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

The figures for #f4f2f9 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.