Antique white

#cac8bc

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

Antique white falls in the yellow band, light and muted. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Antique white color values

Every conversion for #cac8bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cac8bc

RGB202, 200, 188

HSL51, 12%, 76%

HSV51, 7%, 79%

CMYK0%, 1%, 7%, 21%

Lab80.46, -1.42, 6.23

XYZ54.09, 57.5, 55.82

Decimal13289660

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone420 C

Shades of antique white

#bab8a8 #aaa794 #9a9780 #89856d #75725d #615e4d #4d4b3d #39382d #25241d #11110e

Tints of antique white

#d3d1c7 #dcdbd3 #e1dfd9 #eae9e4 #f3f2ef

Colors that go with antique white

Complementary#bcbeca Analogous#cac1bc Analogous#c5cabc Triadic#bccac8 Triadic#c8bcca Split complementary#bcc5ca Split complementary#c1bcca

Antique white in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 1, 7, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cac8bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 1 7 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 5 10 27

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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Antique white in css

Copy #cac8bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cac8bc; }
.text { color: #cac8bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cac8bc; }

How antique white looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Antique white and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #cac8bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cac8bc against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Antique white on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #cac8bc sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around antique white? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn antique white into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #cac8bc 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 antique white, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #cac8bc is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.