Blanched almond

#f9e8c7

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

Blanched almond 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.

Blanched almond color values

Every conversion for #f9e8c7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f9e8c7

RGB249, 232, 199

HSL40, 81%, 88%

HSV40, 20%, 98%

CMYK0%, 7%, 20%, 2%

Lab92.56, 0.63, 18.15

XYZ78.23, 81.98, 65.73

Decimal16378055

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone4545 C

Shades of blanched almond

#f5d9a1 #f1c97c #edba56 #e9aa30 #d89717 #b27c13 #8d620f #67480b #412e07 #1c1303

Tints of blanched almond

#f9eacb #faebcf #faedd3 #fbefd7 #fbf0db #fcf2df #fcf3e3 #fcf5e7 #fdf7eb #fdf8ef

Colors that go with blanched almond

Complementary#c7d8f9 Analogous#f9cfc7 Analogous#f1f9c7 Triadic#c7f9e8 Triadic#e8c7f9 Split complementary#c7f1f9 Split complementary#cfc7f9

Blanched almond in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 7, 20, 2.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f9e8c7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 7 20 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 22 8

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Blanched almond in css

Copy #f9e8c7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f9e8c7; }
.text { color: #f9e8c7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f9e8c7; }

How blanched almond looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Blanched almond and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #f9e8c7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f9e8c7 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Blanched almond on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f9e8c7 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

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

Turn blanched almond into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f9e8c7 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 blanched almond, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #f9e8c7 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. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.