Papaya whip

#f3e7cd

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

Papaya whip is a pale orange with gentle 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.

Papaya whip color values

Every conversion for #f3e7cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f3e7cd

RGB243, 231, 205

HSL41, 61%, 88%

HSV41, 16%, 95%

CMYK0%, 5%, 16%, 5%

Lab91.96, -0.13, 14.12

XYZ76.56, 80.61, 69.28

Decimal15984589

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone454 C

Shades of papaya whip

#ebd7ab #e3c78a #dbb768 #d3a646 #c1932e #9f7926 #7e601e #5c4616 #3a2c0e #191306

Tints of papaya whip

#f4e9d1 #f5ead4 #f6ecd8 #f6eedb #f7f0df #f8f1e2 #f9f3e6 #faf5e9 #fbf6ed #fcf8f1

Colors that go with papaya whip

Complementary#cdd9f3 Analogous#f3d4cd Analogous#ecf3cd Triadic#cdf3e7 Triadic#e7cdf3 Split complementary#cdecf3 Split complementary#d4cdf3

Papaya whip in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 5, 16, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f3e7cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 16 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 19 11

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.

Papaya whip in css

Copy #f3e7cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f3e7cd; }
.text { color: #f3e7cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f3e7cd; }

How papaya whip looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Papaya whip and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #f3e7cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f3e7cd against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Papaya whip on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f3e7cd sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn papaya whip into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f3e7cd 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 papaya whip, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #f3e7cd come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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.