Seashell

#f2e5e2

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

Seashell lands in the red band, pale and soft. 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.

Seashell color values

Every conversion for #f2e5e2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f2e5e2

RGB242, 229, 226

HSL11, 38%, 92%

HSV11, 7%, 95%

CMYK0%, 5%, 7%, 5%

Lab91.87, 3.9, 3.03

XYZ78.36, 80.41, 83.34

Decimal15918562

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone5175 C

Shades of seashell

#e4cac4 #d7afa6 #c99487 #bc7969 #ac5f4d #8e4e40 #703e32 #522d25 #331c17 #150c09

Tints of seashell

#f3e6e4 #f3e8e5 #f4e9e7 #f5ebe9 #f6ecea #f6eeec #f7efee #f8f1ef #f9f2f1 #f9f4f3

Colors that go with seashell

Complementary#e2eff2 Analogous#f2e2e7 Analogous#f2ede2 Triadic#e2f2e5 Triadic#e5e2f2 Split complementary#e2f2ed Split complementary#e2e7f2

Seashell 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 0, 5, 7, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f2e5e2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 7 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 10 11

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.

Seashell in css

Copy #f2e5e2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f2e5e2; }
.text { color: #f2e5e2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f2e5e2; }

How seashell looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Seashell and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #f2e5e2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f2e5e2 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Seashell on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f2e5e2 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn seashell into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f2e5e2 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 seashell, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #f2e5e2 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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.