Seashell

#f4eae5

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

This is Seashell, a soft orange at 20 degrees. 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.

Seashell color values

Every conversion for #f4eae5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f4eae5

RGB244, 234, 229

HSL20, 41%, 93%

HSV20, 6%, 96%

CMYK0%, 4%, 6%, 4%

Lab93.34, 2.52, 3.61

XYZ80.87, 83.74, 86.03

Decimal16050917

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone5175 C

Shades of seashell

#e7d1c6 #dab8a7 #cd9f88 #bf8669 #b16d4b #925a3e #734731 #543323 #352016 #160d09

Tints of seashell

#f5ebe6 #f5ece8 #f6ede9 #f6eeea #f7efec #f7f1ed #f8f2ee #f9f3f0 #f9f4f1 #faf5f2

Colors that go with seashell

Complementary#e5eff4 Analogous#f4e5e8 Analogous#f4f2e5 Triadic#e5f4ea Triadic#eae5f4 Split complementary#e5f4f1 Split complementary#e5e8f4

Seashell in print

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

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f4eae5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 6 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 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 #f4eae5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f4eae5; }
.text { color: #f4eae5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f4eae5; }

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 #f4eae5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f4eae5 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 #f4eae5 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 #f4eae5 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

Every value on this page for #f4eae5 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.