Papaya whip

#f2e6c8

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

Papaya whip sits in the orange range, light and strong. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Papaya whip color values

Every conversion for #f2e6c8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f2e6c8

RGB242, 230, 200

HSL43, 62%, 87%

HSV43, 17%, 95%

CMYK0%, 5%, 17%, 5%

Lab91.52, -0.73, 16.09

XYZ75.34, 79.64, 66.04

Decimal15918792

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone4545 C

Shades of papaya whip

#ead7a7 #e2c885 #dab964 #d3aa43 #bf952d #9e7b25 #7d611d #5b4716 #3a2d0e #191306

Tints of papaya whip

#f3e8cc #f4ead0 #f5ecd4 #f6edd8 #f7efdc #f8f1e0 #f9f3e4 #faf5e8 #fbf7ed #fcf8f1

Colors that go with papaya whip

Complementary#c8d4f2 Analogous#f2d1c8 Analogous#e9f2c8 Triadic#c8f2e6 Triadic#e6c8f2 Split complementary#c8e9f2 Split complementary#d1c8f2

Papaya whip in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 0, 5, 17, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f2e6c8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 17 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 20 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.

Papaya whip in css

Copy #f2e6c8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f2e6c8; }
.text { color: #f2e6c8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f2e6c8; }

How papaya whip looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Papaya whip and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #f2e6c8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f2e6c8 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Papaya whip on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f2e6c8 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn papaya whip into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f2e6c8 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 papaya whip, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #f2e6c8 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.