#F2F2F2

Color Profile: #F2F2F2

Common Name: Ghost White / Misty Cloud / Interface Grey

Hex: #F2F2F2
RGB: ~242, 242, 242
HSL: ~0°, 0%, 95%
Luminance: ~95%

Contrast vs White (#FFFFFF): 1.1:1 – Fail (WCAG AA)
Contrast vs Black (#000000): 14.6:1 – Pass (WCAG AA/AAA)

Mood Blurb:
Clean, neutral, and effortlessly modern, #F2F2F2 is a favorite in UI/UX and interior aesthetics where subtlety speaks louder than saturation. It lends a soft, breathable presence—like a light fog over glass—especially in minimal or Scandinavian-inspired palettes.

Close Named Matches:

• Sikkens 5051 - Gn.00.88 (#F2F2EF) — Exact match, ΔE=1.54
• Pantone FHI 11-4001 TPG - Brilliant White (#F0F0F1) — ΔE=0.85
• Dunn-Edwards - Snowflake (DEW384) (#EFF0F0) — ΔE=0.85
• Vista Paint - Alicia (K-79) (#F1F1EF) — ΔE=1.10
• KILZ - Contemporary White (TB-02) (#F4F4F2) — ΔE=1.21

• Why Designers Use It.
  This shade is a front-runner in the modern digital workspace. With its near-perfect neutrality, it’s frequently chosen as a background or card color in UI systems—especially in dashboards, web apps, and software interfaces. Designers lean into it to avoid eye strain, while still ensuring clarity and hierarchy with darker foregrounds. It’s used heavily in Scandinavian and Japanese minimalist interior schemes, where texture does the talking more than color. From a practical side: manufacturing industries appreciate it in powder coats and enamel for a matte-clean look that doesn’t fully disappear into sterile white. In printing, it serves as a highlight color on textured substrates like linen, recycled paper, or uncoated card stock. It’s not just popular—it’s infrastructural to visual clarity, especially when your visual language needs room to breathe. Notably, this tone doesn’t come from nature directly—it’s more of a "human-era grey", born from screens, interfaces, and industrial surfaces. Think CAD blueprints, prototype wireframes, or brushed aluminum. While not flashy, it's crucial to the bones of modern visual language.