Seashell

#ffefea

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 quiet. 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.

Seashell color values

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

Hex#ffefea

RGB255, 239, 234

HSL14, 100%, 96%

HSV14, 8%, 100%

CMYK0%, 6%, 8%, 0%

Lab95.55, 4.56, 4.34

XYZ86.96, 88.93, 90.42

Decimal16773098

Web safe#ffffff

Pantone705 C

Shades of seashell

#ffccbc #ffa98e #ff8660 #ff6333 #ff4005 #d63300 #a82800 #7a1d00 #4c1200 #1f0700

Seashell in print

At this lightness it prints as a faint wash, best for backgrounds rather than fine type. The cmyk build is 0, 6, 8, 0.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 6 8 0

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 10 11 6

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.

Seashell in css

Copy #ffefea straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

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

Seashell on a business card, sticker and pattern

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

Turn seashell into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #ffefea 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

Here is how the numbers for #ffefea 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.