GhostWhite color
Inspect GhostWhite (#F8F8FF) in HEX, RGB, HSL, LCH and OKLCH, check its contrast, and copy the value you need.
GhostWhite color values
GhostWhite
#F8F8FF
Black text reads best on this background, at 19.86:1.
GhostWhite is one of the 148 CSS named colors, and resolves to #F8F8FF in every browser. In numbers that is rgb(248, 248, 255) and hsl(240, 100%, 99%). Perceptually it is a very light, near-neutral color: OKLCH puts its lightness at 98% and its chroma at 0.009. It carries almost no chroma, so it behaves as a neutral rather than as a hue, and belongs with the off-whites.
White text only reaches 1.06:1 here, so black text is the safer pairing at 19.86:1. Because it is this light, GhostWhite works best as a page or card background with dark text over it.
The closest CSS named colors to GhostWhite, measured with CIEDE2000, are WhiteSmoke (#F5F5F5), Snow (#FFFAFA), White (#FFFFFF). If GhostWhite is not quite right, those are the nearest keywords to try before reaching for a custom value.
HEX
#F8F8FF
RGB
rgb(248, 248, 255)
HSL
hsl(240, 100%, 99%)
HWB
hwb(240 97% 0%)
CMYK
cmyk(3%, 3%, 0%, 0%)
LAB
lab(97.73 0.93 -3.36)
LCH
lch(97.73 3.49 285.47)
OKLCH
oklch(98.11% 0.0093 286.23)
Is GhostWhite accessible?
WCAG asks for 4.5:1 between body text and its background. On #F8F8FF white text measures 1.06:1 and black text 19.86:1, so black clears it and white does not.
White text on GhostWhite
WCAG 2.2
1.06:1
APCA
Lc 0
Fails AA body text
Fails AAA body text
Fails AA large text
Black text on GhostWhite
WCAG 2.2
19.86:1
APCA
Lc 102
Passes AA body text
Passes AAA body text
Passes AA large text
Check GhostWhite against any other color in the contrast checker.
Tints and shades of GhostWhite
GhostWhite sits at 98% OKLCH lightness. Holding its hue and chroma and moving only that value carries it down to #050509, which keeps the family recognizable instead of letting it drift toward gray the way a plain HSL ramp does.
Shades, toward black
#C0C0C6
20% darker
#8A8A91
40% darker
#59595E
60% darker
#2B2B30
80% darker
#050509
100% darker
Build a full accessible scale from #F8F8FF in the shade generator.
How GhostWhite looks with color blindness
The biggest shift is under achromatopsia, where #F8F8FF reads as #F9F9F9, 3.5 CIEDE2000 units away. If GhostWhite is the only thing marking a state or a series, roughly one viewer in twelve will miss it.
Protanopia
#F7F9FF
Deuteranopia
#F6F8FF
Tritanopia
#F7F9FA
Achromatopsia
#F9F9F9
Colors similar to GhostWhite
The nearest CSS keywords to #F8F8FF, ranked by perceptual distance rather than by how close their hex digits happen to look.