Papaya whip

#fcebd3

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 vivid. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Papaya whip color values

Every conversion for #fcebd3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fcebd3

RGB252, 235, 211

HSL35, 87%, 91%

HSV35, 16%, 99%

CMYK0%, 7%, 16%, 1%

Lab93.8, 1.94, 13.71

XYZ81.61, 84.82, 73.7

Decimal16575443

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone454 C

Shades of papaya whip

#f9d9ab #f6c682 #f4b45a #f1a131 #e78e10 #bf750d #965c0a #6e4307 #452a05 #1d1202

Tints of papaya whip

#fdefdb #fdf1e1 #fdf5e9

Colors that go with papaya whip

Complementary#d3e4fc Analogous#fcd7d3 Analogous#f9fcd3 Triadic#d3fceb Triadic#ebd3fc Split complementary#d3f8fc Split complementary#d7d3fc

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, 7, 16, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fcebd3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 7 16 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 19 7

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

Papaya whip in css

Copy #fcebd3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fcebd3; }
.text { color: #fcebd3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fcebd3; }

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 #fcebd3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fcebd3 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 #fcebd3 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 #fcebd3 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

Here is how the numbers for #fcebd3 are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.