Snow

#f8f0f0

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

Snow lands in the red band, pale and soft. Pale reds like this show up in wedding stationery and soft brand marks. It pairs naturally with muted greens across the wheel and with off white for breathing room.

Snow color values

Every conversion for #f8f0f0, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f8f0f0

RGB248, 240, 240

HSL0, 36%, 96%

HSV0, 3%, 97%

CMYK0%, 3%, 3%, 3%

Lab95.4, 2.68, 0.94

XYZ85.6, 88.57, 95.02

Decimal16314608

Web safe#ffffff

Pantone5315 C

Shades of snow

#e9d1d1 #dbb2b2 #cc9292 #be7373 #af5454 #924444 #723535 #532727 #341818 #150a0a

Tints of snow

#f8f0f0 #f8f1f1 #f8f1f1 #f9f1f1 #f9f1f1 #f9f2f2 #f9f2f2 #f9f2f2 #f9f3f3 #f9f3f3

Colors that go with snow

Complementary#f0f8f8 Analogous#f8f0f4 Analogous#f8f4f0 Triadic#f0f8f0 Triadic#f0f0f8 Split complementary#f0f8f4 Split complementary#f0f4f8

Snow in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 0, 3, 3, 3.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f8f0f0 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 3 3 3

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 7 7 9

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.

Snow in css

Copy #f8f0f0 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f8f0f0; }
.text { color: #f8f0f0; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f8f0f0; }

How snow looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Snow and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #f8f0f0 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f8f0f0 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Snow on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f8f0f0 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn snow into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f8f0f0 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 snow, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #f8f0f0 are worked out. 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.