Seashell

#f4e8e5

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 #f4e8e5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f4e8e5

RGB244, 232, 229

HSL12, 41%, 93%

HSV12, 6%, 96%

CMYK0%, 5%, 6%, 4%

Lab92.84, 3.55, 2.9

XYZ80.31, 82.6, 85.84

Decimal16050405

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone5175 C

Shades of seashell

#e7ccc6 #dab1a7 #cd9588 #bf7a69 #b15f4b #924f3e #733e31 #542d23 #351c16 #160c09

Tints of seashell

#f5e9e6 #f5eae8 #f6ece9 #f6edea #f7eeec #f7efed #f8f0ee #f9f2f0 #f9f3f1 #faf4f2

Colors that go with seashell

Complementary#e5f1f4 Analogous#f4e5ea Analogous#f4f0e5 Triadic#e5f4e8 Triadic#e8e5f4 Split complementary#e5f4f0 Split complementary#e5eaf4

Seashell in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 5, 6, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f4e8e5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 6 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 10 10

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 #f4e8e5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f4e8e5; }
.text { color: #f4e8e5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f4e8e5; }

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 #f4e8e5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f4e8e5 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 #f4e8e5 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 #f4e8e5 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 #f4e8e5 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. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.