Ivory

#e4e8dc

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

Ivory is a pale green that feels quiet. Greens like this connect to growth and calm. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Ivory color values

Every conversion for #e4e8dc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e4e8dc

RGB228, 232, 220

HSL80, 21%, 89%

HSV80, 5%, 91%

CMYK2%, 0%, 5%, 9%

Lab91.4, -3.45, 5.35

XYZ73.77, 79.37, 79.14

Decimal15001820

Web safe#ccffcc

Pantone621 C

Shades of ivory

#d0d7c3 #bdc7a9 #a9b690 #96a576 #819260 #6a784f #545f3e #3d452e #272c1d #10120c

Tints of ivory

#e6eade #e8ebe1 #eaede3 #ebeee6 #edf0e8 #eff2eb #f1f3ed #f3f5ef #f5f6f2 #f7f8f4

Colors that go with ivory

Complementary#e0dce8 Analogous#e8e6dc Analogous#dee8dc Triadic#dce4e8 Triadic#e8dce4 Split complementary#dcdee8 Split complementary#e6dce8

Ivory in print

In print it lays down as a whisper of ink, so keep it off small text where it can vanish. The cmyk build is 2, 0, 5, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e4e8dc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 0 5 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 4 9 15

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.

Ivory in css

Copy #e4e8dc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e4e8dc; }
.text { color: #e4e8dc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e4e8dc; }

How ivory looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Ivory and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e4e8dc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e4e8dc against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Ivory on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e4e8dc sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn ivory into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e4e8dc 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 ivory, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #e4e8dc are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.