Ghost white

#e2e4e9

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 muted. 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 #e2e4e9, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e2e4e9

RGB226, 228, 233

HSL223, 14%, 90%

HSV223, 3%, 91%

CMYK3%, 2%, 0%, 9%

Lab90.57, 0.24, -2.67

XYZ73.82, 77.54, 88.17

Decimal14869737

Web safe#ccccff

Pantone656 C

Shades of ghost white

#cacdd7#b1b7c4#99a0b2#81899f#6a738b#575f73#454b5a#323742#20232a#0d0e11

Colors that go with ghost white

Complementary#e9e7e2Analogous#e2e8e9Analogous#e3e2e9Triadic#e9e2e4Triadic#e4e9e2Split complementary#e9e3e2Split complementary#e8e9e2

Ghost white in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 3, 2, 0, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e2e4e9 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

3 2 0 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

7 6 4 15

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Ghost white in css

Copy #e2e4e9 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e2e4e9; }
.text { color: #e2e4e9; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e2e4e9; }

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 #e2e4e9 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e2e4e9 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Ghost white on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e2e4e9 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn ghost white into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e2e4e9 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

Here is how the numbers for #e2e4e9 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.