White

White is the absence that makes everything else work: breathing room, contrast anchor, default ground of the web. Its design job is restraint — the discipline to leave space empty.

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Values in every format

HEX: #ffffff
RGB: rgb(255, 255, 255)
HSL: hsl(0, 0%, 100%)
OKLCH: oklch(1 0 0)
CMYK: cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 0%)

Hue family: White · closest CSS name: white. Convert this color

Perceptual shade scale

Eleven even steps from 50 to 950, computed in OKLCH — the starred stop is #FFFFFF itself.

50 ★#ffffff
100#ededed
200#dedede
300#cccccc
400#b2b2b2
500#999999
600#828282
700#696969
800#525252
900#3e3e3e
950#262626

Build a full system from #FFFFFF

Harmonies with white

Complementary

Maximum contrast — use one side for action, the other sparingly.

#ffffff #ffffff

Analogous

Neighbors on the wheel — calm, cohesive, hard to get wrong.

#ffffff #ffffff #ffffff

Triadic

Three evenly spaced hues — vibrant, needs one clear leader.

#ffffff #ffffff #ffffff

Measured contrast

on white1:1 · fails AA

on black21:1 · AA normal ✓

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