Snow

#e9e2e2

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

Snow lands in the red band, pale and muted. Pale reds like this show up in wedding stationery and soft brand marks. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Snow color values

Every conversion for #e9e2e2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e9e2e2

RGB233, 226, 226

HSL0, 14%, 90%

HSV0, 3%, 91%

CMYK0%, 3%, 3%, 9%

Lab90.42, 2.37, 0.83

XYZ74.53, 77.21, 82.93

Decimal15327970

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone5315 C

Shades of snow

#d7caca #c4b1b1 #b29999 #9f8181 #8b6a6a #735757 #5a4545 #423232 #2a2020 #110d0d

Tints of snow

#eae4e4 #ece6e6 #ede8e8 #efeaea #f0ebeb #f2eded #f3efef #f4f1f1 #f6f3f3 #f7f5f5

Colors that go with snow

Complementary#e2e9e9 Analogous#e9e2e5 Analogous#e9e5e2 Triadic#e2e9e2 Triadic#e2e2e9 Split complementary#e2e9e5 Split complementary#e2e5e9

Snow in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 0, 3, 3, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e9e2e2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 3 3 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 7 7 15

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.

Snow in css

Copy #e9e2e2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e9e2e2; }
.text { color: #e9e2e2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e9e2e2; }

How snow looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Snow and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e9e2e2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e9e2e2 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Snow on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e9e2e2 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn snow into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e9e2e2 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 snow, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #e9e2e2 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.