Seashell

#f5efeb

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

Seashell sits in the orange range, pale and soft. 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.

Seashell color values

Every conversion for #f5efeb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f5efeb

RGB245, 239, 235

HSL24, 33%, 94%

HSV24, 4%, 96%

CMYK0%, 2%, 4%, 4%

Lab94.8, 1.32, 2.63

XYZ83.52, 87.14, 91.02

Decimal16117739

Web safe#ffffff

Pantone427 C

Shades of seashell

#e6d7cd #d7bfaf #c8a791 #b98f73 #aa7755 #8c6246 #6e4d37 #503828 #322319 #140e0a

Tints of seashell

#f5f0ec #f6f0ed #f6f1ed #f7f2ee #f7f2ef #f7f3f0 #f8f4f1 #f8f4f1 #f9f5f2 #f9f5f3

Colors that go with seashell

Complementary#ebf1f5 Analogous#f5ebec Analogous#f5f4eb Triadic#ebf5ef Triadic#efebf5 Split complementary#ebf5f4 Split complementary#ebecf5

Seashell in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 2, 4, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f5efeb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 2 4 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 6 8 10

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 #f5efeb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f5efeb; }
.text { color: #f5efeb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f5efeb; }

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 #f5efeb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f5efeb 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 #f5efeb 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 #f5efeb 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

Every value on this page for #f5efeb is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.