Seashell

#f7eeec

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

This is Seashell, a soft red sitting at 11 degrees on the wheel. Pale reds like this show up in wedding stationery and soft brand marks. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Seashell color values

Every conversion for #f7eeec, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f7eeec

RGB247, 238, 236

HSL11, 41%, 95%

HSV11, 4%, 97%

CMYK0%, 4%, 4%, 3%

Lab94.73, 2.68, 2.03

XYZ84.07, 86.98, 91.71

Decimal16248556

Web safe#ffffff

Pantone5315 C

Shades of seashell

#ead2cc #dcb5ac #cf998c #c17c6d #b4604d #954e3f #753e31 #552d24 #351c16 #160b09

Tints of seashell

#f7efed #f8efed #f8f0ee #f8f0ef #f8f1ef #f9f1f0 #f9f2f1 #f9f3f1 #f9f3f2 #faf4f2

Colors that go with seashell

Complementary#ecf5f7 Analogous#f7ecef Analogous#f7f4ec Triadic#ecf7ee Triadic#eeecf7 Split complementary#ecf7f4 Split complementary#eceff7

Seashell in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 4, 3.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f7eeec on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 4 3

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 8 9

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 #f7eeec straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f7eeec; }
.text { color: #f7eeec; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f7eeec; }

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 #f7eeec against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f7eeec 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 #f7eeec 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 #f7eeec 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

Here is how the numbers for #f7eeec 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.