Snow

#ebe4e4

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

This is Snow, a muted red sitting at 0 degrees on the wheel. Pale reds like this show up in wedding stationery and soft brand marks. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Snow color values

Every conversion for #ebe4e4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ebe4e4

RGB235, 228, 228

HSL0, 15%, 91%

HSV0, 3%, 92%

CMYK0%, 3%, 3%, 8%

Lab91.12, 2.37, 0.83

XYZ76.01, 78.75, 84.59

Decimal15459556

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone5315 C

Shades of snow

#d9cbcb #c6b2b2 #b49999 #a18181 #8e6969 #755757 #5c4444 #433232 #2a1f1f #120d0d

Tints of snow

#ece6e6 #ede7e7 #efe9e9 #f0ebeb #f1ecec #f2eeee #f4f0f0 #f5f1f1 #f6f3f3 #f7f5f5

Colors that go with snow

Complementary#e4ebeb Analogous#ebe4e8 Analogous#ebe8e4 Triadic#e4ebe4 Triadic#e4e4eb Split complementary#e4ebe8 Split complementary#e4e8eb

Snow in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 3, 3, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ebe4e4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 3 3 8

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 7 7 14

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 #ebe4e4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ebe4e4; }
.text { color: #ebe4e4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ebe4e4; }

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 #ebe4e4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ebe4e4 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 #ebe4e4 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 #ebe4e4 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 #ebe4e4 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.