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Precious Pearls is an ultra-light, bleached grey that feels almost colorless. Because it sits on the verge of white, it works best as a clean background for minimal UI interfaces or typography. It pairs surprisingly well with deep charcoal or muted navy for high contrast. The hex code for this neutral tone is #f1f0ef, and it provides ample contrast for standard black text.
About Precious Pearls
Chalk dust settled on a windowsill
What does precious pearls mean?
Precious Pearls often stands for simplicity, cleanliness, and quiet understatement, the way plain paper or fresh plaster does. Its near-white lightness and trace of grey read as soft and faded, like fabric washed one time too many.
Where you see precious pearls
- unbleached linen
- plaster walls
- pearl buttons
- chalk
- bone china
- fresh paper
What it works for
It works as a background that lets bolder colors carry the page without adding heat or glare.
What colors go with precious pearls?
Ink Black #252024Maximum contrast makes text and linework crisp against this pale ground.Dove Grey #6d6c6cTwo greys a step apart build soft depth without hard edges.Sage Green #9caf88Muted green adds life while staying as quiet as this neutral.Dusty Rose #b56f76Faded pink warms the grey cast with gentle, powdery color.Flax #eedc82Warm beige pushes the cool grey cast toward cozy and natural.Cobalt Blue #0047abOne saturated accent pops hard against a colorless field.
Questions about Precious Pearls
What is the hex code for Precious Pearls?
Precious Pearls is #f1f0ef. In RGB that is rgb(241, 240, 239), in HSL hsl(30, 7%, 94%) and in CMYK 0%, 0%, 1%, 5%.
Is Precious Pearls readable on white or black?
Precious Pearls has a 1.13:1 contrast ratio on white and 18.45:1 on black. WCAG asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, so on white it is too faint for text and on black it works for body text. Try other pairs in the contrast checker.