Snow

#e8e4e6

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

Snow sits in the pink band, pale and grey. Pinks like this read soft and contemporary. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Snow color values

Every conversion for #e8e4e6, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e8e4e6

RGB232, 228, 230

HSL330, 8%, 90%

HSV330, 2%, 91%

CMYK0%, 2%, 1%, 9%

Lab90.94, 1.71, -0.5

XYZ75.31, 78.36, 86.02

Decimal15262950

Web safe#ffccff

Pantone649 C

Shades of snow

#d4cdd1 #c0b6bb #ad9ea6 #998790 #84717b #6d5d65 #564950 #3f363a #282225 #110e0f

Tints of snow

#e9e6e8 #ebe7e9 #ece9eb #eeebec #efedee #f1eef0 #f2f0f1 #f4f2f3 #f5f4f4 #f7f5f6

Colors that go with snow

Complementary#e4e8e6 Analogous#e8e4e8 Analogous#e8e4e4 Triadic#e6e8e4 Triadic#e4e6e8 Split complementary#e4e8e4 Split complementary#e4e8e8

Snow in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 0, 2, 1, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e8e4e6 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 2 1 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 6 5 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.

Snow in css

Copy #e8e4e6 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e8e4e6; }
.text { color: #e8e4e6; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e8e4e6; }

How snow looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Snow and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e8e4e6 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e8e4e6 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Snow on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e8e4e6 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn snow into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e8e4e6 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 snow, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #e8e4e6 are worked out. 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.