Antique white

#c9c8bb

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for antique white, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Antique white, a grey yellow at 56 degrees. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Antique white color values

Every conversion for #c9c8bb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c9c8bb

RGB201, 200, 187

HSL56, 11%, 76%

HSV56, 7%, 79%

CMYK0%, 0%, 7%, 21%

Lab80.36, -1.95, 6.61

XYZ53.71, 57.31, 55.25

Decimal13224123

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone420 C

Shades of antique white

#b9b8a7 #a9a893 #9a987f #89876c #75735d #615f4d #4d4c3d #39382d #25241d #11110e

Tints of antique white

#cecdc1 #d2d1c7 #d7d6cc #dbdbd2 #e0dfd8 #e5e4de #e9e9e4 #eeeee9 #f2f2ef #f7f7f5

Colors that go with antique white

Complementary#bbbcc9 Analogous#c9c1bb Analogous#c3c9bb Triadic#bbc9c8 Triadic#c8bbc9 Split complementary#bbc3c9 Split complementary#c1bbc9

Antique white in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 7, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c9c8bb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 7 21

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 10 27

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Antique white in css

Copy #c9c8bb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c9c8bb; }
.text { color: #c9c8bb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c9c8bb; }

How antique white looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Antique white and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #c9c8bb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c9c8bb against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Antique white on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #c9c8bb sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around antique white? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn antique white into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #c9c8bb and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from antique white, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #c9c8bb come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.