White smoke

#f4f4f3

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. Almost anything sits on top of it, which is what makes a good neutral useful.

White smoke color values

Every conversion for #f4f4f3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f4f4f3

RGB244, 244, 243

HSL60, 4%, 95%

HSV60, 0%, 96%

CMYK0%, 0%, 0%, 4%

Lab96.16, -0.17, 0.47

XYZ85.84, 90.41, 97.72

Decimal16053491

Web safe#ffffff

Pantone656 C

Shades of white smoke

#dededb #c8c8c3 #b3b3ac #9d9d94 #87877c #6f6f66 #575750 #40403a #282824 #10100f

Tints of white smoke

#f4f4f3 #f4f4f4 #f5f5f4 #f5f5f4 #f5f5f4 #f5f5f5 #f6f6f5 #f6f6f5 #f6f6f5 #f6f6f6

Colors that go with white smoke

Complementary#f3f3f4 Analogous#f4f3f3 Analogous#f3f4f3 Triadic#f3f4f4 Triadic#f4f3f4 Split complementary#f3f3f4 Split complementary#f3f3f4

White smoke in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 0, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f4f4f3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 0 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 4 10

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 #f4f4f3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f4f4f3; }
.text { color: #f4f4f3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f4f4f3; }

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 #f4f4f3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f4f4f3 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 #f4f4f3 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 #f4f4f3 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

Here is how the numbers for #f4f4f3 are worked out. 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.