Papaya whip

#f6e8cd

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

Papaya whip sits in the orange range, pale and strong. 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 #f6e8cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f6e8cd

RGB246, 232, 205

HSL40, 69%, 88%

HSV40, 17%, 96%

CMYK0%, 6%, 17%, 4%

Lab92.45, 0.43, 14.84

XYZ77.88, 81.71, 69.43

Decimal16181453

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone454 C

Shades of papaya whip

#f0d8a9 #e9c786 #e3b762 #dca63e #cc9325 #a8791e #856018 #614611 #3e2c0b #1a1305

Tints of papaya whip

#f7ead0 #f7ebd4 #f8edd7 #f9eedb #f9f0de #faf2e2 #faf3e5 #fbf5e9 #fcf6ec #fcf8f0

Colors that go with papaya whip

Complementary#cddbf6 Analogous#f6d3cd Analogous#f0f6cd Triadic#cdf6e8 Triadic#e8cdf6 Split complementary#cdf0f6 Split complementary#d3cdf6

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, 6, 17, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f6e8cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 17 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 20 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 #f6e8cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f6e8cd; }
.text { color: #f6e8cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f6e8cd; }

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 #f6e8cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f6e8cd 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 #f6e8cd 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 #f6e8cd 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 #f6e8cd 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. 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.