Seashell

#fdf2ef

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

Seashell is a pale red that reads airy. Pale reds like this show up in wedding stationery and soft brand marks. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Seashell color values

Every conversion for #fdf2ef, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#fdf2ef

RGB253, 242, 239

HSL13, 78%, 96%

HSV13, 6%, 99%

CMYK0%, 4%, 6%, 1%

Lab96.25, 3.18, 2.75

XYZ87.84, 90.62, 94.52

Decimal16642799

Web safe#ffffff

Pantone5175 C

Shades of seashell

#f8d1c6 #f3af9d #ee8e74 #e86d4b #e34b22 #bf3c18 #962f13 #6d220e #441509 #1b0803

Tints of seashell

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Colors that go with seashell

Complementary#effafd Analogous#fdeff3 Analogous#fdf9ef Triadic#effdf2 Triadic#f2effd Split complementary#effdf9 Split complementary#eff3fd

Seashell in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 4, 6, 1.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #fdf2ef on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 4 6 1

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 8 10 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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Seashell in css

Copy #fdf2ef straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #fdf2ef; }
.text { color: #fdf2ef; }
.border { border: 2px solid #fdf2ef; }

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 #fdf2ef against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #fdf2ef 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 #fdf2ef 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 #fdf2ef 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 #fdf2ef is computed, not guessed. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.