Solid White Smoke Background #F5F5F5

Solid white smoke background, hex #F5F5F5, 1920x1080 HD wallpaper

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Lightness: 96%

Saturation: 0%

Solid White Smoke background details

With hex #F5F5F5 (rgb(245, 245, 245)), this airy, high-key neutral tone sits around 0° on the color wheel. Its muted, powdery appearance reads as calm and minimal on screen. Use the values and preview above to test it in the layout where it will actually appear.

White Smoke, the internet's favorite background

Open almost any well-designed website and there is a fair chance you are looking at White Smoke. #F5F5F5 — all three channels at 245 — has become the de facto light-mode background of the modern web: white enough to feel clean, gray enough to let true-white cards and panels stand out against it.

The name comes from the X11 list, but its persistence is earned: perfectly neutral, with zero color cast to skew photography or interface colors displayed on top of it. If a design feels harsh on pure white, switching the base to White Smoke is the quietest fix available — most viewers will never consciously notice.

A palette that works with White Smoke

Charcoal supplies text-grade contrast, gainsboro builds a subtle tonal step for borders and cards, and dodger blue is the classic interface accent on this ground.

Quick specs

HEX: #F5F5F5
RGB: rgb(245, 245, 245)
HSL: hsl(0, 0%, 96%)
Readable text: #111111

background-color: #F5F5F5;

Where White Smoke shines

Balanced UI backdrops where white smoke keeps typography readable
Product renders or mockups that need a premium, gallery-like wall color
Brand palettes that mix cool and warm elements without clashing

Practical tips

Pair it with charcoal or #111111 text to maintain WCAG contrast (the Copy RGB/HEX buttons above make it easy to grab the exact values).
Use the adjustment sliders to nudge the hue when you need a complementary accent.
The download tool exports PNG/JPEG files up to 7680×7680, so you can drop the color straight into mockups or presentations.