Ghost white

#e6e7eb

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 grey. Pale blues like this read clean and calm, common in health and tech. It pairs with warm neutrals for balance, or with a brighter accent for contrast.

Ghost white color values

Every conversion for #e6e7eb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e6e7eb

RGB230, 231, 235

HSL228, 11%, 91%

HSV228, 2%, 92%

CMYK2%, 2%, 0%, 8%

Lab91.67, 0.39, -2.07

XYZ76.2, 79.97, 90.02

Decimal15132651

Web safe#ffffff

Pantone656 C

Shades of ghost white

#ced0d8#b6b9c4#9ea1b1#858a9e#6e748a#5b5f72#484b59#343741#212329#0e0e11

Colors that go with ghost white

Complementary#ebeae6Analogous#e6eaebAnalogous#e8e6ebTriadic#ebe6e7Triadic#e7ebe6Split complementary#ebe8e6Split complementary#eaebe6

Ghost white in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 2, 2, 0, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e6e7eb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 2 0 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 6 4 14

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 #e6e7eb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e6e7eb; }
.text { color: #e6e7eb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e6e7eb; }

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 #e6e7eb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e6e7eb 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 #e6e7eb 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 #e6e7eb 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 #e6e7eb are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.