Ivory

#f8f8ea

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

Ivory is a pale yellow, airy at this saturation. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Ivory color values

Every conversion for #f8f8ea, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f8f8ea

RGB248, 248, 234

HSL60, 50%, 95%

HSV60, 6%, 97%

CMYK0%, 0%, 6%, 3%

Lab97.24, -2.39, 6.71

XYZ87.13, 93.03, 91.21

Decimal16316650

Web safe#ffffff

Pantone427 C

Shades of ivory

#ededc8 #e1e1a6 #d6d684 #cbcb63 #c0c041 #9e9e35 #7d7d2a #5b5b1e #393913 #171708

Tints of ivory

#f8f8eb #f9f9ec #f9f9ec #f9f9ed #f9f9ee #fafaef #fafaef #fafaf0 #fafaf1 #fbfbf2

Colors that go with ivory

Complementary#eaeaf8 Analogous#f8f1ea Analogous#f1f8ea Triadic#eaf8f8 Triadic#f8eaf8 Split complementary#eaf1f8 Split complementary#f1eaf8

Ivory in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 6, 3.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f8f8ea on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 6 3

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 10 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.

Ivory in css

Copy #f8f8ea straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f8f8ea; }
.text { color: #f8f8ea; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f8f8ea; }

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 #f8f8ea against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f8f8ea 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 #f8f8ea 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 #f8f8ea 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

Every value on this page for #f8f8ea is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.