Colour reference

Zinc 50

#fafafa

RGB: rgb(250 250 250)
HSL: 0°, 0%, 98%
OKLCh: 98.5% 0.000 0.0

Zinc 50 in every format

Web & CSSThe everyday formats for stylesheets and design tools.

Hex	`#fafafa`
RGB	`rgb(250 250 250)`
RGB legacy	`rgb(250, 250, 250)`
RGB percent	`rgb(98.04% 98.04% 98.04%)`
HSL	`hsl(180 0% 98%)`
HSL legacy	`hsl(180, 0%, 98%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(180, 0%, 98%)`
HWB	`hwb(180 98% 2%)`
Nearest name	`snow`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 2%)`Naive conversion. Real print work needs an ICC profile.

Perceptual & wide gamutModern CSS colour spaces for uniform scales and P3 displays.

OKLCh	`oklch(98.51% 0 0)`Modern CSS colour space for even palettes — better than HSL when building scales.
OKLab	`oklab(98.51% 0 0)`
CIE LCh	`lch(98.272% 0 139.088)`
CIE Lab	`lab(98.272% 0 0)`
Display P3	`color(display-p3 0.9804 0.9804 0.9804)`
Rec. 2020	`color(rec2020 0.978 0.978 0.978)`
srgb-linear	`color(srgb-linear 0.956 0.956 0.956)`Light-linear sRGB — the same numbers a shader wants for maths.
CIE XYZ (D65)	`color(xyz-d65 0.9086 0.956 1.0411)`

ShadersGLSL, HLSL and WGSL vectors in both encoded and linear form.

GLSL vec3 — sRGB	`vec3(0.98)`Encoded values. Use when writing straight to the framebuffer.
GLSL vec3 — linear	`vec3(0.956)`Light-linear values. Use for lighting, blending and mixing.
GLSL vec4 — sRGB	`vec4(0.98, 0.98, 0.98, 1.0)`
GLSL vec4 — linear	`vec4(0.956, 0.956, 0.956, 1.0)`
GLSL ivec3	`ivec3(250, 250, 250)`
HLSL float3 — sRGB	`float3(0.98)`
HLSL float3 — linear	`float3(0.956)`
HLSL float4 — sRGB	`float4(0.98, 0.98, 0.98, 1.0)`
HLSL half4 — sRGB	`half4(0.98, 0.98, 0.98, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3f — sRGB	`vec3f(0.98)`
WGSL vec4f — sRGB	`vec4f(0.98, 0.98, 0.98, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3<f32> — linear	`vec3<f32>(0.956, 0.956, 0.956)`

Engines & appsConstructors for Unity, Unreal, Godot, Flutter, SwiftUI and Android.

Unity Color	`new Color(0.98f, 0.98f, 0.98f, 1.0f)`Color for everyday scripting (0–1). Color32 when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unity Color32	`new Color32(250, 250, 250, 255)`
Unreal FLinearColor	`FLinearColor(0.956f, 0.956f, 0.956f, 1.0f)`FLinearColor for materials and lighting. FColor when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unreal FColor	`FColor(250, 250, 250, 255)`Whole numbers from 0 to 255 — use when an API asks for FColor, not FLinearColor.
Godot Color	`Color(0.98, 0.98, 0.98, 1)`
Flutter Color	`Color(0xFFFAFAFA)`Packed ARGB, so alpha comes first.
Android Color	`Color.rgb(250, 250, 250)`
SwiftUI Color	`Color(red: 0.98, green: 0.98, blue: 0.98)`
UIKit UIColor	`UIColor(red: 0.98, green: 0.98, blue: 0.98, alpha: 1)`

Raw valuesPacked integers and plain arrays.

0x hex	`0xFAFAFA`
0x hex (ARGB)	`0xFFFAFAFA`
Array 0–1	`[0.98, 0.98, 0.98]`
Array 0–255	`[250, 250, 250]`
Decimal integer	`16448250`

Contrast and accessibility

WCAG 2 ratios are what audits and legislation reference. APCA is shown alongside because WCAG 2 is known to misjudge mid-tone backgrounds, and it is the basis of the WCAG 3 draft.

Pairing	WCAG 2 ratio	Level	APCA	Suitable for
Zinc 50 on white	1.04:1	Fail	Lc 0	Not usable for text
Zinc 50 on black	20.12:1	AAA	Lc 105	Body text at any size

Zinc 50 text on a white background

Zinc 50 text on a black background

White text on Zinc 50

Black text on Zinc 50

Tonal scale

Hue held fixed while lightness walks OKLCh, ready to use as a design system ramp.

50#f7f7f7
100#ededed
200#dcdcdc
300#c5c5c5
400#a9a9a9
500#8b8b8b
600#717171
700#5b5b5b
800#484848
900#383838
950#1f1f1f

Tints and shades

Mixed perceptually toward white and black, so the steps feel evenly spaced.

Tint 1#fbfbfb
Tint 2#fcfcfc
Tint 3#fcfcfc
Tint 4#fdfdfd
Tint 5#fefefe
Shade 1#c4c4c4
Shade 2#919191
Shade 3#616161
Shade 4#353535
Shade 5#0e0e0e

Colours that work with Zinc 50

Complementary, triadic and analogous partners, rotated in OKLCh so they keep the same apparent brightness.

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Closest CSS names

snowΔEok 0.007
ghostwhiteΔEok 0.010
mintcreamΔEok 0.014
floralwhiteΔEok 0.014
whiteΔEok 0.015
whitesmokeΔEok 0.015