Information about #F3F3F3 color

#F3F3F3 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #F3F3F3 belongs to the Greyscale Color Family, featuring Desaturated and Luminous brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(243, 243, 243) — 95.3% red, 95.3% green, 95.3% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 0 / 0 / 5. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#F3F3F3 is a quiet, subdued whisper-light neutral that is nearly as bright as white. It is a natural fit for minimalist layouts, soft backgrounds and pastel palettes. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Anti Flash White (#F2F3F4). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Eighth Rice Cake (#F4F3F0) and Cultured (#F5F5F5).

Under the hood all three RGB channels are equal (243 each), placing #F3F3F3 exactly on the neutral axis of the color space. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #F3F3F3: 18.9:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.1:1 for white. This shade is reserved in the Register and is not available for naming.

#F3F3F3 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#F3F3F3 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Reserved

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#F4F4F4

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#F7F7F7

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#F9F9F9

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#FCFCFC

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White

#FFFFFF

#F3F3F3 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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#F3F3F3
#C1C1C1

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#919191

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#606060

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#303030

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Black

#000000

#F3F3F3 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Reserved

#F3F3F3
Alto

#DBDBDB
#C4C4C4

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#ADADAD

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#969696

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Grey

#808080

Why this page shows fewer blocks

#F3F3F3 belongs to the Greyscale Color Family, and greyscale colors have no hue. Hue is an angle on the color wheel, and that angle only exists when a color leans toward one primary more than the others. Here all three channels are equal (R = G = B), so there is nothing to lean and no angle to measure.

Everything built on rotating that angle therefore has nothing to rotate. A complementary color is the hue 180° away — for a grey, that is the same grey. The same goes for analogous, triadic, tetradic and square harmonies. Rather than show seven identical swatches, the register leaves the Hues variation strip and the whole Harmonies section out.

What remains is everything that depends on lightness rather than hue. Tints, shades and tones still work, because they move the color up and down the scale instead of around the wheel. So do the nearest named colors, the conversions and the adjacent color codes.

How the register classifies colors · All greyscale colors in the register

Nearest named colors to #F3F3F3

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Anti Flash White color link
Anti Flash White

#F2F3F4

Eighth Rice Cake color link
Eighth Rice Cake

#F4F3F0

Cultured color link
Cultured

#F5F5F5

Italy White color link
Italy White

#F4F5F0

Penguin White color link
Penguin White

#F5F3EF

Quarter Alabaster color link
Quarter Alabaster

#F7F6F2

Eighth Black White color link
Eighth Black White

#F6F4EE

Double Alabaster color link
Double Alabaster

#F3F3ED

Quarter Black White color link
Quarter Black White

#F2F1ED

Black Haze color link
Black Haze

#F6F7F7

Quarter Rice Cake color link
Quarter Rice Cake

#F6F4ED

Glistening White color link
Glistening White

#F4F4EC

#F3F3F3 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#F3F3F3
  • RGB243, 243, 243
  • CMYK0, 0, 0, 5
  • CSSrgb(243, 243, 243)
  • HSL0°, 0%, 95%
  • HSL Precise0°, 0%, 95.294%
  • HSV0°, 0%, 95%
  • HSB0°, 0%, 95%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.953
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.953
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.953
  • GLSLvec3(0.953, 0.953, 0.953)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.953, 0.953, 0.953, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.953, 0.953, 0.953)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB95.3%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB95.3%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB95.3%
  • Color FamilyGreyscale
  • Saturation FamilyDesaturated
  • Lightness FamilyLuminous
  • HEX IDF3F3F3
  • DECIMAL ID15987699
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers130 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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