Papaya whip

#f4e7cf

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. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Papaya whip color values

Every conversion for #f4e7cf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f4e7cf

RGB244, 231, 207

HSL39, 63%, 88%

HSV39, 15%, 96%

CMYK0%, 5%, 15%, 4%

Lab92.08, 0.53, 13.26

XYZ77.15, 80.89, 70.58

Decimal16050127

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone454 C

Shades of papaya whip

#ecd6ad #e4c58b #dcb468 #d5a346 #c48f2d #a27625 #805d1d #5d4415 #3b2b0e #191206

Tints of papaya whip

#f5e9d2 #f6ead6 #f6ecd9 #f7eedc #f8efe0 #f9f1e3 #f9f3e6 #faf4ea #fbf6ed #fcf8f0

Colors that go with papaya whip

Complementary#cfdcf4 Analogous#f4d4cf Analogous#eff4cf Triadic#cff4e7 Triadic#e7cff4 Split complementary#cfeef4 Split complementary#d5cff4

Papaya whip in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 5, 15, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f4e7cf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 15 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 18 10

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 #f4e7cf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f4e7cf; }
.text { color: #f4e7cf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f4e7cf; }

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 #f4e7cf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f4e7cf 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 #f4e7cf 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 #f4e7cf 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

Every value on this page for #f4e7cf is computed, not guessed. 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.