Snow

About Snow

Snow is the hex color #FFFAFA, which translates to rgb(255, 250, 250) in RGB and hsl(0, 100%, 99%) in HSL. On the color wheel it sits at 0 degrees, with a saturation of 100 percent and a lightness of 99 percent. That puts Snow at the pale end of the neutral range, light enough to work as a page or card background with dark text on top.

How Snow compares

Snow is exactly the CSS keyword snow, so you can write the keyword instead of the hex and get an identical result. In the Tailwind CSS 4.3.1 palette the nearest token is taupe-50 (#FBFAF9), at a distance of 1.5. Inside this library the closest neighbour is Off White at 2.2. Sorted by lightness, Snow is number 36 of the 37 neutral colors here.

Text on Snow

3 of the five common text colors below clear WCAG AA for normal text on Snow, led by Ink black at 18.50:1. The ratios are computed with the WCAG relative luminance formula, the same one the contrast checker uses, which opens with Snow already loaded as the background.

Building a palette around Snow

The pairings above give you three classic starting points. The complementary color sits opposite on the wheel and works well as an accent that draws the eye. The analogous colors sit right beside Snow for calmer, harmonious combinations. The triadic pair spaces three hues evenly for a balanced, energetic palette. Open any swatch to explore it as its own color.

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Last updated 5 August 2026 by FusionStudios. Every value on this page is computed by the same functions the tools use. How this is calculated.