Snow

#e9e4e4

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

Snow is a pale red that reads airy. Pale reds like this show up in wedding stationery and soft brand marks. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Snow color values

Every conversion for #e9e4e4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e9e4e4

RGB233, 228, 228

HSL0, 10%, 90%

HSV0, 2%, 91%

CMYK0%, 2%, 2%, 9%

Lab90.97, 1.69, 0.59

XYZ75.35, 78.41, 84.56

Decimal15328484

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone5315 C

Shades of snow

#d6cccc #c2b5b5 #af9d9d #9c8585 #876e6e #705b5b #584848 #403434 #292121 #110e0e

Tints of snow

#eae6e6 #ece7e7 #ede9e9 #efebeb #f0eded #f1eeee #f3f0f0 #f4f2f2 #f6f3f3 #f7f5f5

Colors that go with snow

Complementary#e4e9e9 Analogous#e9e4e7 Analogous#e9e7e4 Triadic#e4e9e4 Triadic#e4e4e9 Split complementary#e4e9e7 Split complementary#e4e7e9

Snow in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 2, 2, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e9e4e4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 2 2 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 6 6 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 #e9e4e4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e9e4e4; }
.text { color: #e9e4e4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e9e4e4; }

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 #e9e4e4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e9e4e4 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 #e9e4e4 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 #e9e4e4 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 #e9e4e4 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.