Old lace

#eee8d8

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

This is Old lace, a soft orange at 44 degrees. 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.

Old lace color values

Every conversion for #eee8d8, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#eee8d8
RGB238, 232, 216
HSL44, 39%, 89%
HSV44, 9%, 93%
CMYK0%, 3%, 9%, 7%
Lab92.06, -0.67, 8.49
XYZ76.51, 80.85, 76.54
Decimal15657176
Web safe#ffffcc
Pantone427 C
Pantone427 CHex#eee8d8Rgb238 232 216Cmyk0 3 9 7Lab92 -1 8Darker#c3ad75Deep#d8cba6Lighter#f5f2ea

Shades of old lace

Tints of old lace

Colors that go with old lace

Old lace in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 3, 9, 7.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #eee8d8 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
0 3 9 7
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
4 7 12 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.

Old lace in css

Copy #eee8d8 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #eee8d8; }
.text { color: #eee8d8; }
.border { border: 2px solid #eee8d8; }

How old lace looks on light and dark

Old lace and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #eee8d8 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.22:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
17.17:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #eee8d8 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Old lace on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #eee8d8 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness card
Sticker
Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around old lace? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn old lace into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #eee8d8 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from old lace, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

The figures for #eee8d8 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.