Seashell

#f9eeea

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

Seashell is a pale orange with airy warmth. 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 #f9eeea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f9eeea

RGB249, 238, 234

HSL16, 56%, 95%

HSV16, 6%, 98%

CMYK0%, 4%, 6%, 2%

Lab94.84, 3.02, 3.24

XYZ84.49, 87.23, 90.23

Decimal16379626

Web safe#ffffff

Pantone5175 C

Shades of seashell

#efd2c7 #e5b5a4 #db9980 #d17c5d #c7603a #a54e2f #813e25 #5e2d1b #3b1c11 #180b07

Tints of seashell

#f9efeb #f9efeb #faf0ec #faf0ed #faf1ee #faf1ee #faf2ef #fbf3f0 #fbf3f0 #fbf4f1

Colors that go with seashell

Complementary#eaf5f9 Analogous#f9eaed Analogous#f9f6ea Triadic#eaf9ee Triadic#eeeaf9 Split complementary#eaf9f6 Split complementary#eaedf9

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, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f9eeea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 6 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 10 8

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 #f9eeea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f9eeea; }
.text { color: #f9eeea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f9eeea; }

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 #f9eeea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f9eeea 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 #f9eeea 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 #f9eeea 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

The figures for #f9eeea 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.