Ivory

#f3f2e1

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. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Ivory color values

Every conversion for #f3f2e1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f3f2e1

RGB243, 242, 225

HSL57, 43%, 92%

HSV57, 7%, 95%

CMYK0%, 0%, 7%, 5%

Lab95.16, -2.56, 8.31

XYZ82.3, 88.0, 83.88

Decimal15987425

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone5595 C

Shades of ivory

#e7e4c2 #dad7a3 #cec983 #c1bc64 #b2ac47 #938e3b #74702e #545222 #353315 #161509

Tints of ivory

#f4f3e3 #f4f3e4 #f5f4e6 #f6f5e8 #f6f6ea #f7f6eb #f8f7ed #f9f8ef #f9f9f1 #faf9f2

Colors that go with ivory

Complementary#e1e2f3 Analogous#f3e9e1 Analogous#ebf3e1 Triadic#e1f3f2 Triadic#f2e1f3 Split complementary#e1ebf3 Split complementary#e9e1f3

Ivory in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 7, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f3f2e1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 7 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 10 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.

Ivory in css

Copy #f3f2e1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f3f2e1; }
.text { color: #f3f2e1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f3f2e1; }

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 #f3f2e1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f3f2e1 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 #f3f2e1 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 #f3f2e1 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

Here is how the numbers for #f3f2e1 are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.