What is the hex code for Snow?

Snow is #fffafa. In CSS the keyword snow, the hex #fffafa, rgb(255, 250, 250) and hsl(0, 100%, 99%) all paint the same color.

What is the opposite of Snow on the color wheel?

The opposite (complementary) color is #faffff, 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 Snow for text?

Snow as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.03:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 20.31:1, 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

Snow color: hex #fffafa, RGB and HSL

Snow is the CSS keyword snow, hex #fffafa, rgb(255, 250, 250), hsl(0, 100%, 99%). It is a very light, fully saturated red 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: snow
Hex: #fffafa
RGB: rgb(255, 250, 250)
HSL: hsl(0, 100%, 99%)
On white: 1.03:1 — fails AA; use as a fill, not text
On black: 20.31:1 — passes AA for body text

.example {
  color: snow;          /* keyword */
  color: #fffafa;          /* hex */
  color: rgb(255, 250, 250); /* rgb */
  color: hsl(0, 100%, 99%); /* hsl */
}

What colors go with snow

Each match keeps snow'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 snow 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.

#faffff

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.

#fafffd

#fafdff

Triadic

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

#fafffa

#fafaff

Analogous

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

#fffafd

#fffdfa

Tints and shades of snow

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

Tints (lighter)

#fffbfb

#fffcfc

#fffdfd

#fffefe

Shades (darker)

#ffa6a6

#ff5252

#fc0000

#a80000

#540000

A UI color palette built from snow

The eight semantic roles an interface actually uses, derived from snow 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: #fffafa
secondary: #fafffd
accent: #fafdff
background: #fdfcfc
surface: #f7f3f3
text: #221111
muted: #8f5656
border: #ecdfdf

Dark mode

primary: #fffafa
secondary: #fafffd
accent: #fafdff
background: #1b0e0e
surface: #281515
text: #f6f3f3
muted: #b89494
border: #492727

Open snow in the palette generator

Using snow 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 snow 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 Snow?: Snow is #fffafa. In CSS the keyword snow, the hex #fffafa, rgb(255, 250, 250) and hsl(0, 100%, 99%) all paint the same color.
What colors go with Snow?: Its complement is #faffff, the split-complementary pair is #fafffd and #fafdff, the triadic partners are #fafffa and #fafaff, and the analogous neighbors are #fffafd and #fffdfa. In an interface, use Snow for most colored elements and one of these for a single accent, at roughly an 80/20 split.
What is the opposite of Snow on the color wheel?: The opposite (complementary) color is #faffff, 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 Snow for text?: Snow as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.03:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 20.31:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.