Ivory

#f5f4e4

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

Ivory falls in the yellow band, pale and soft. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Ivory color values

Every conversion for #f5f4e4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f5f4e4

RGB245, 244, 228

HSL56, 46%, 93%

HSV56, 7%, 96%

CMYK0%, 0%, 7%, 4%

Lab95.88, -2.39, 7.81

XYZ84.01, 89.72, 86.29

Decimal16119012

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone621 C

Shades of ivory

#e9e7c4 #dddaa3 #d1cd83 #c5bf63 #b8b144 #979238 #77732c #575420 #373514 #161608

Tints of ivory

#f6f5e5 #f6f5e7 #f7f6e8 #f7f6ea #f8f7eb #f8f7ec #f9f8ee #f9f9ef #faf9f1 #fafaf2

Colors that go with ivory

Complementary#e4e5f5 Analogous#f5ece4 Analogous#eef5e4 Triadic#e4f5f4 Triadic#f4e4f5 Split complementary#e4eef5 Split complementary#ece4f5

Ivory 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, 0, 7, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f5f4e4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 7 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 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.

Ivory in css

Copy #f5f4e4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f5f4e4; }
.text { color: #f5f4e4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f5f4e4; }

How ivory looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Ivory and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #f5f4e4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f5f4e4 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Ivory on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f5f4e4 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn ivory into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f5f4e4 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 ivory, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #f5f4e4 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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.