Ivory

Ivory takes its name from elephant tusk; the modern colour mostly lives on as paint chips at Benjamin Moore and as the lining of wedding invitations. The CSS hex carries a barely-there yellow undertone that nudges it warmer than Floral White and saves it from clinical glare. Stationery brands like Crane & Co. have used tones in this band for over a century because the warmth flatters letterpress ink. Use Ivory as a primary background paired with charcoal #1c1917 body type. The warm cast reduces evening eye strain compared to pure white, which is why reader-mode toggles in Pocket default to off-whites within a few delta-E units of this hex.