White smoke

#ebeced

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

Hex#ebeced

RGB235, 236, 237

HSL210, 5%, 93%

HSV210, 1%, 93%

CMYK1%, 0%, 0%, 7%

Lab93.35, -0.15, -0.61

XYZ79.54, 83.77, 92.1

Decimal15461613

Web safe#ffffff

Pantone656 C

Shades of white smoke

#d4d6d8 #bdc0c3 #a5aaae #8e9499 #777e84 #62686d #4d5256 #383b3f #232527 #0e0f10

Tints of white smoke

#ecedee #edeeef #eeeff0 #eff0f1 #f0f1f2 #f1f2f3 #f2f3f4 #f3f4f5 #f5f5f6 #f6f6f7

Colors that go with white smoke

Complementary#edeceb Analogous#ebeded Analogous#ebebed Triadic#edebec Triadic#ecedeb Split complementary#edebeb Split complementary#ededeb

White smoke in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 1, 0, 0, 7.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 0 0 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 4 4 13

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 #ebeced straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ebeced 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 #ebeced 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 #ebeced 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 #ebeced are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.