SeaShell color

Inspect SeaShell (#FFF5EE) in HEX, RGB, HSL, LCH and OKLCH, check its contrast, and copy the value you need.

#fff5ee

SeaShell

SeaShell color values

SeaShell

#FFF5EE

Black text reads best on this background, at 19.55:1.

SeaShell is one of the 148 CSS named colors, and resolves to #FFF5EE in every browser. In numbers that is rgb(255, 245, 238) and hsl(25, 100%, 97%). Perceptually it is a very light, near-neutral color: OKLCH puts its lightness at 98% and its chroma at 0.014. It carries almost no chroma, so it behaves as a neutral rather than as a hue, and belongs with the off-whites.

White text only reaches 1.07:1 here, so black text is the safer pairing at 19.55:1. Because it is this light, SeaShell works best as a page or card background with dark text over it.

The closest CSS named colors to SeaShell, measured with CIEDE2000, are Linen (#FAF0E6), FloralWhite (#FFFAF0), Snow (#FFFAFA). If SeaShell is not quite right, those are the nearest keywords to try before reaching for a custom value.

HEX

#FFF5EE

RGB

rgb(255, 245, 238)

HSL

hsl(25, 100%, 97%)

HWB

hwb(25 93% 0%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 4%, 7%, 0%)

LAB

lab(97.18 2.59 4.64)

LCH

lch(97.18 5.31 60.82)

OKLCH

oklch(97.6% 0.0143 57.59)

Is SeaShell accessible?

WCAG asks for 4.5:1 between body text and its background. On #FFF5EE white text measures 1.07:1 and black text 19.55:1, so black clears it and white does not.

White text on SeaShell

WCAG 2.2

1.07:1

APCA

Lc 0

Fails AA body text

Fails AAA body text

Fails AA large text

Black text on SeaShell

WCAG 2.2

19.55:1

APCA

Lc 101

Passes AA body text

Passes AAA body text

Passes AA large text

Check SeaShell against any other color in the contrast checker.

Tints and shades of SeaShell

SeaShell sits at 98% OKLCH lightness. Holding its hue and chroma and moving only that value carries it down to #090502, which keeps the family recognizable instead of letting it drift toward gray the way a plain HSL ramp does.

Shades, toward black

#C7BDB6

20% darker

#918882

40% darker

#5F5751

60% darker

#312A25

80% darker

#090502

100% darker

Build a full accessible scale from #FFF5EE in the shade generator.

How SeaShell looks with color blindness

The biggest shift is under achromatopsia, where #FFF5EE reads as #F7F7F7, 5 CIEDE2000 units away. If SeaShell is the only thing marking a state or a series, roughly one viewer in twelve will miss it.

Protanopia

#F8F5EE

Deuteranopia

#FAF7EE

Tritanopia

#FFF3F3

Achromatopsia

#F7F7F7

Colors similar to SeaShell

The nearest CSS keywords to #FFF5EE, ranked by perceptual distance rather than by how close their hex digits happen to look.