Floral White color: #fffaf0
The CSS keyword floralwhite is #fffaf0, rgb(255, 250, 240) or hsl(40, 100%, 97%). Its codes to copy, 50–950 tint scale, harmonies and contrast on white and black.
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About Floral White
Floral White is an off-white with a faint yellow tint. Its hue sits at 85° in OKLCH and 40° in HSL — the two wheels are spaced differently, which is why the numbers disagree.
The keyword floralwhite comes from the X Window System color list, which SVG 1.0 adopted and CSS Color Level 3 brought to every stylesheet.
Floral White tint scale, 50 to 950
Eleven steps at fixed perceived lightness, in OKLCH, holding floralwhite’s own hue from end to end. The keyword itself falls closest to step 50 (#f6f5f2), the one outlined; step 500 is #8a867d.
Harmonies built on Floral White
Hue angles measured in OKLCH, so every accent keeps floralwhite’s perceived lightness. Its complement is #f8fbff, closest to the named color ghostwhite.
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Split-complementary
Floral White on white and on black
Black text reads better on floralwhite (20.18:1). As a text color it belongs on a dark background: on white it only reaches 1.04:1, under the 4.5:1 that body text needs, while on black it reaches 20.18:1. AA asks 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; AAA asks 7:1.
Named colors close to Floral White
Open floralwhite in the full tools
- Open in Color Converter — convert it to any other notation.
- Open in Palette Generator — export its scale as --floralwhite-50 … --floralwhite-950 tokens.
- Open in Color Harmonies — turn the wheel and compare OKLCH with HSL.
- Open in Contrast Checker — test it against any background, with the closest passing shade.
- Open in Color System Generator — derive a light and dark token set from it.
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