Seashell

#f6eae4

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

Seashell 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.

Seashell color values

Every conversion for #f6eae4, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f6eae4

RGB246, 234, 228

HSL20, 50%, 93%

HSV20, 7%, 96%

CMYK0%, 5%, 7%, 4%

Lab93.47, 3.04, 4.35

XYZ81.43, 84.04, 85.33

Decimal16181988

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone5175 C

Shades of seashell

#ebd0c3 #e0b6a1 #d59c80 #ca835f #bd693f #9c5734 #7b4429 #59321e #381f13 #170d08

Tints of seashell

#f6ebe5 #f7ece7 #f7ede8 #f8eee9 #f8efeb #f9f0ec #f9f1ee #faf2ef #faf4f0 #fbf5f2

Colors that go with seashell

Complementary#e4f0f6 Analogous#f6e4e7 Analogous#f6f3e4 Triadic#e4f6ea Triadic#eae4f6 Split complementary#e4f6f3 Split complementary#e4e7f6

Seashell 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, 5, 7, 4.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f6eae4 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 5 7 4

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 9 10 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.

Seashell in css

Copy #f6eae4 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f6eae4; }
.text { color: #f6eae4; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f6eae4; }

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 #f6eae4 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f6eae4 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 #f6eae4 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 #f6eae4 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

Every value on this page for #f6eae4 is computed, not guessed. 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.