Papaya whip

#fbedcb

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 gentle 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 #fbedcb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fbedcb

RGB251, 237, 203

HSL43, 86%, 89%

HSV43, 19%, 98%

CMYK0%, 6%, 19%, 2%

Lab94.05, -0.61, 18.19

XYZ80.85, 85.39, 68.72

Decimal16510411

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone4545 C

Shades of papaya whip

#f8dfa4 #f5d27c #f2c455 #efb72e #e1a411 #ba880e #926b0b #6b4e08 #443105 #1c1502

Tints of papaya whip

#fcefd2 #fcf2d9 #fdf4e0 #fdf7e7 #fef9ee

Colors that go with papaya whip

Complementary#cbd9fb Analogous#fbd5cb Analogous#f1fbcb Triadic#cbfbed Triadic#edcbfb Split complementary#cbf1fb Split complementary#d5cbfb

Papaya whip 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, 6, 19, 2.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 19 2

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 21 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Papaya whip in css

Copy #fbedcb straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

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

Papaya whip on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #fbedcb 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn papaya whip into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #fbedcb 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 #fbedcb 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. 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. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.