Ivory

#f6f4e5

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. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Ivory color values

Every conversion for #f6f4e5, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f6f4e5

RGB246, 244, 229

HSL53, 49%, 93%

HSV53, 7%, 96%

CMYK0%, 1%, 7%, 4%

Lab95.98, -1.88, 7.45

XYZ84.5, 89.95, 87.04

Decimal16184549

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone427 C

Shades of ivory

#ebe6c4 #dfd8a3 #d4ca82 #c8bc61 #bcad41 #9b8f36 #7a702a #59521f #383313 #171508

Tints of ivory

#f6f5e6 #f7f5e8 #f7f6e9 #f8f6ea #f8f7eb #f9f7ed #f9f8ee #faf8ef #faf9f0 #faf9f2

Colors that go with ivory

Complementary#e5e7f6 Analogous#f6ece5 Analogous#f0f6e5 Triadic#e5f6f4 Triadic#f4e5f6 Split complementary#e5f0f6 Split complementary#ece5f6

Ivory in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 1, 7, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f6f4e5 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 1 7 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 5 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 #f6f4e5 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f6f4e5; }
.text { color: #f6f4e5; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f6f4e5; }

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 #f6f4e5 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f6f4e5 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 #f6f4e5 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 #f6f4e5 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

The figures for #f6f4e5 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. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.