Seashell

#f5eeea

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 22 degrees. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Seashell color values

Every conversion for #f5eeea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f5eeea

RGB245, 238, 234

HSL22, 35%, 94%

HSV22, 4%, 96%

CMYK0%, 3%, 4%, 4%

Lab94.53, 1.66, 2.76

XYZ83.08, 86.5, 90.16

Decimal16117482

Web safe#ffffff

Pantone5315 C

Shades of seashell

#e7d5cc #d8bdad #caa48f #bb8c70 #ad7352 #8e5f44 #704b35 #513627 #332218 #150e0a

Tints of seashell

#f5efeb #f6efec #f6f0ed #f7f1ee #f7f2ee #f8f2ef #f8f3f0 #f8f4f1 #f9f4f2 #f9f5f3

Colors that go with seashell

Complementary#eaf1f5 Analogous#f5eaec Analogous#f5f3ea Triadic#eaf5ee Triadic#eeeaf5 Split complementary#eaf5f3 Split complementary#eaecf5

Seashell in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 3, 4, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f5eeea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 3 4 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 7 8 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 #f5eeea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f5eeea; }
.text { color: #f5eeea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f5eeea; }

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 #f5eeea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f5eeea 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 #f5eeea 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 #f5eeea 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

Here is how the numbers for #f5eeea are worked out. 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.