Seashell

#ece4e1

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 muted. 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 #ece4e1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ece4e1

RGB236, 228, 225

HSL16, 22%, 90%

HSV16, 5%, 93%

CMYK0%, 3%, 5%, 7%

Lab91.12, 2.19, 2.41

XYZ75.93, 78.76, 82.43

Decimal15525089

Web safe#ffcccc

Pantone5315 C

Shades of seashell

#dbccc7 #cbb5ac #ba9d92 #a98578 #966e5f #7c5b4f #62483e #47342d #2d211d #130e0c

Tints of seashell

#ede6e3 #eee7e5 #f0e9e7 #f1ebe9 #f2edeb #f3eeec #f4f0ee #f6f2f0 #f7f3f2 #f8f5f4

Colors that go with seashell

Complementary#e1e9ec Analogous#ece1e3 Analogous#eceae1 Triadic#e1ece4 Triadic#e4e1ec Split complementary#e1ecea Split complementary#e1e3ec

Seashell in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 3, 5, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ece4e1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 3 5 7

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 7 9 13

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 #ece4e1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ece4e1; }
.text { color: #ece4e1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ece4e1; }

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 #ece4e1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ece4e1 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 #ece4e1 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 #ece4e1 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

The figures for #ece4e1 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.