What is the hex code for Floral White?

Floral White is #fffaf0. In CSS the keyword floralwhite, the hex #fffaf0, rgb(255, 250, 240) and hsl(40, 100%, 97%) all paint the same color.

What is the opposite of Floral White on the color wheel?

The opposite (complementary) color is #f0f5ff, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.

Can I use Floral White for text?

Floral White as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.04:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 20.18:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.

CSS color names · Whites

Floral White color: hex #fffaf0, RGB and HSL

Floral White is the CSS keyword floralwhite, hex #fffaf0, rgb(255, 250, 240), hsl(40, 100%, 97%). It is a very light, fully saturated orange in the whites family. Below: the colors that go with it, its tints and shades, how it reads as text, and a complete interface palette built from it.

CSS name: floralwhite
Hex: #fffaf0
RGB: rgb(255, 250, 240)
HSL: hsl(40, 100%, 97%)
On white: 1.04:1 — fails AA; use as a fill, not text
On black: 20.18:1 — passes AA for body text

.example {
  color: floralwhite;          /* keyword */
  color: #fffaf0;          /* hex */
  color: rgb(255, 250, 240); /* rgb */
  color: hsl(40, 100%, 97%); /* hsl */
}

What colors go with floral white

Each match keeps floral white's saturation and lightness and rotates only the hue, so the relationship is the wheel's and nothing else. Any of these can be an accent beside floral white as the primary; the harmony guides explain which rule suits which interface.

Complementary

The opposite hue, 180° away — the strongest contrast, best kept to one accent per screen.

#f0f5ff

Split-complementary

The two neighbors of the complement, at 150° and 210° — most of the contrast with less tension, and two accents instead of one.

#f0fdff

#f3f0ff

Triadic

Two hues at 120° and 240° — three evenly spaced signals, the scheme charts and category colors want.

#f0fffa

#faf0ff

Analogous

The neighbors at −30° and +30° — calm and cohesive, with emphasis coming from weight and size rather than hue.

#fff3f0

#fdfff0

Tints and shades of floral white

Tints add lightness toward white; shades remove it toward black. The hue and saturation stay fixed, so every step still reads as floral white — these are the hover, pressed, disabled and surface variants a single brand color needs.

Tints (lighter)

#fffbf3

#fffcf5

#fffdf8

#fffdfa

#fffefd

Shades (darker)

#ffde9e

#ffc34b

#f8a500

#a56e00

#523700

A UI color palette built from floral white

The eight semantic roles an interface actually uses, derived from floral white as the primary with the split-complementary rule: secondary and accent rotate around the wheel, and the five neutrals take the hue at lightness steps tuned for light and dark mode. This is the same derivation the palette generator runs — open it there to change the rule, drag the anchors, or export the set as CSS variables.

Light mode

primary: #fffaf0
secondary: #f0fdff
accent: #f3f0ff
background: #fdfdfc
surface: #f7f5f3
text: #221c11
muted: #8f7c56
border: #ece8df

Dark mode

primary: #fffaf0
secondary: #f0fdff
accent: #f3f0ff
background: #1b160e
surface: #282215
text: #f6f5f3
muted: #b8ac94
border: #493e27

Open floral white in the palette generator

Using floral white in an interface

The near-whites are page backgrounds. A canvas at ivory or alice blue instead of pure white is the difference between a page that feels designed and one that feels blank — and it is exactly what a tinted `background` role does in a semantic palette. Whichever role floral white takes, define it once as a token rather than repeating the keyword: the semantic palette guide covers the eight roles, and the guides to complementary, triadic and the other color schemes explain how to weight the matches above.

What is the hex code for Floral White?: Floral White is #fffaf0. In CSS the keyword floralwhite, the hex #fffaf0, rgb(255, 250, 240) and hsl(40, 100%, 97%) all paint the same color.
What colors go with Floral White?: Its complement is #f0f5ff, the split-complementary pair is #f0fdff and #f3f0ff, the triadic partners are #f0fffa and #faf0ff, and the analogous neighbors are #fff3f0 and #fdfff0. In an interface, use Floral White for most colored elements and one of these for a single accent, at roughly an 80/20 split.
What is the opposite of Floral White on the color wheel?: The opposite (complementary) color is #f0f5ff, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.
Can I use Floral White for text?: Floral White as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.04:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 20.18:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.