Antique white

#f9e2cf

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

Antique white is a pale orange with quiet warmth. 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.

Antique white color values

Every conversion for #f9e2cf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f9e2cf

RGB249, 226, 207

HSL27, 78%, 89%

HSV27, 17%, 98%

CMYK0%, 9%, 17%, 2%

Lab91.25, 4.88, 12.14

XYZ77.53, 79.04, 70.2

Decimal16376527

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone4685 C

Shades of antique white

#f4cba9 #f0b483 #eb9d5e #e68738 #d8711b #b25d16 #8d4912 #67360d #412208 #1b0e03

Tints of antique white

#f9e4d2 #fae6d5 #fae8d9 #fbeadc #fbecdf #fbeee2 #fcf0e5 #fcf2e9 #fdf3ec #fdf5ef

Colors that go with antique white

Complementary#cfe6f9 Analogous#f9cfd1 Analogous#f9f7cf Triadic#cff9e2 Triadic#e2cff9 Split complementary#cff9f7 Split complementary#cfd1f9

Antique white in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 0, 9, 17, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f9e2cf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 9 17 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 12 20 8

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Antique white in css

Copy #f9e2cf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f9e2cf; }
.text { color: #f9e2cf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f9e2cf; }

How antique white looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Antique white and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #f9e2cf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f9e2cf against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Antique white on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f9e2cf sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn antique white into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f9e2cf 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 antique white, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #f9e2cf 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.