Snow

#f6f4f2

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

Snow sits in the orange range, pale and muted. 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.

Snow color values

Every conversion for #f6f4f2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f6f4f2

RGB246, 244, 242

HSL30, 18%, 96%

HSV30, 2%, 96%

CMYK0%, 1%, 2%, 4%

Lab96.29, 0.32, 1.19

XYZ86.38, 90.71, 96.96

Decimal16184562

Web safe#ffffff

Pantone427 C

Shades of snow

#e3ddd7 #d1c6bc #beafa1 #ab9986 #98826b #7e6b57 #635445 #483d32 #2d261f #120f0d

Tints of snow

#f6f4f2 #f6f4f2 #f7f5f3 #f7f5f3 #f7f5f3 #f7f5f3 #f7f5f4 #f7f6f4 #f8f6f4 #f8f6f4

Colors that go with snow

Complementary#f2f4f6 Analogous#f6f2f2 Analogous#f6f6f2 Triadic#f2f6f4 Triadic#f4f2f6 Split complementary#f2f6f6 Split complementary#f2f2f6

Snow in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 0, 1, 2, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f6f4f2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 1 2 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 5 6 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.

Snow in css

Copy #f6f4f2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f6f4f2; }
.text { color: #f6f4f2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f6f4f2; }

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 #f6f4f2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f6f4f2 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 #f6f4f2 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 #f6f4f2 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 #f6f4f2 are worked out. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.