Papaya whip

#f3ead2

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

Papaya whip is a pale orange with airy warmth. 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.

Papaya whip color values

Every conversion for #f3ead2, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f3ead2

RGB243, 234, 210

HSL44, 58%, 89%

HSV44, 14%, 95%

CMYK0%, 4%, 14%, 5%

Lab92.82, -0.89, 12.74

XYZ78.02, 82.55, 72.8

Decimal15985362

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone454 C

Shades of papaya whip

#eadab1 #e1cb8f #d8bb6e #cfac4d #bf9933 #9e7e2a #7c6321 #5b4918 #3a2e0f #181306

Tints of papaya whip

#f4ebd5 #f5edd8 #f5eedb #f6f0de #f7f1e1 #f8f3e5 #f9f4e8 #faf6eb #faf7ee #fbf8f1

Colors that go with papaya whip

Complementary#d2dbf3 Analogous#f3dad2 Analogous#ebf3d2 Triadic#d2f3ea Triadic#ead2f3 Split complementary#d2ebf3 Split complementary#dad2f3

Papaya whip in print

In print it lays down as a whisper of ink, so keep it off small text where it can vanish. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 14, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f3ead2 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 14 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 17 11

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.

Papaya whip in css

Copy #f3ead2 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f3ead2; }
.text { color: #f3ead2; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f3ead2; }

How papaya whip looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Papaya whip and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #f3ead2 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f3ead2 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Papaya whip on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f3ead2 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn papaya whip into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f3ead2 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 papaya whip, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #f3ead2 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. 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.