Eggshell Color Codes
Eggshell is a very light, muted amber with the hex code #F0EAD6, RGB values of 240, 234, 214 and an HSL value of hsl(46, 46%, 89%).
| HEX | #F0EAD6 |
|---|---|
| RGB | 240, 234, 214 |
| HSL | hsl(46, 46%, 89%) |
| HSV | 46°, 11%, 94% |
| CMYK | 0%, 3%, 11%, 6% |
| LAB | 92.67, -1.32, 10.43 |
| CIELCHuv | 92.67, 16.47, 73.74° |
- Nearest Pantone
- PMS 454 C ΔE 6.9 · approximate
- Nearest CSS name
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antiquewhiteΔE 3.5
Source Wikipedia, List of colors (cites ISCC-NBS)
Eggshell Color Hex Code
The Eggshell color hex code is #F0EAD6. Those six digits are three pairs, F0 for red, EA for green and D6 for blue, which is the same triplet a browser reads from the CSS value below.
#F0EAD6
Eggshell Color RGB Code
The Eggshell RGB code is rgb(240, 234, 214). Red carries the most light at 240 of 255, which is what puts this color where it sits on the wheel.
rgb(240, 234, 214)
Eggshell Color HSV Code
The Eggshell HSV code is 46°, 11%, 94%. Read it as a hue of 46 degrees, 11% saturation and 94% value, which is the form most color pickers use because moving one number changes one thing.
46°, 11%, 94%
Eggshell Color CIELChuv Code
The Eggshell CIELCHuv code is 92.67, 16.47, 73.74°. Unlike hex or RGB this one is perceptual: lightness 93 means light to the eye rather than to the screen, and chroma 16 is how far it sits from grey.
92.67, 16.47, 73.74°
Tonal scale
What are Eggshell Color Palettes?
A shade mixes toward black, a tint toward white, a tone toward grey. Every step keeps the hue and is copy-ready.
Shades, toward black
Tints, toward white
Tones, toward grey
Palettes
What are Eggshell Color Palette Codes?
Each of these is a hue rotation from #F0EAD6. They are generated, not curated, so they are exact.
Complementary
Directly opposite sits #D6DCF0, a light, muted azure blue. No other pairing separates two hues further, so this is the one to reach for when a single element has to win attention. Neither is especially saturated, so this pairing stays calm enough for large areas of both.
Analogous
#F0DDD6 and #E9F0D6 sit 30 degrees either side. All three share most of their hue, so the set reads as one family instead of three separate decisions. Good for backgrounds and for state variations that should not announce themselves.
Triadic
#D6F0EA and #EAD6F0 complete an even 120 degree split. Three fully independent hues, so one has to lead: keep this base dominant and let the other two appear in small quantities.
Split-complementary
Instead of the direct complement, this takes the two hues either side of it: #D6E9F0 and #DDD6F0. Almost the same contrast, without the edge shimmer a true complementary pair produces at high saturation.
Tetradic
Two complementary pairs forming a rectangle: this base with #D6DCF0, and #D6F0DD with #F0D6E9. The richest of the five and the hardest to balance, so treat the darkest of the four as the lead and hold the other three well back.
Accessibility
Contrast checker: is Eggshell accessible?
Measured against white and against black, with a separate verdict for each element type. Small text, large text and UI components have different thresholds, so one pass or fail for the whole color would be wrong roughly a third of the time.
White background
1.20:11.20
contrast ratio on white background
| Element | AA | AAA |
|---|---|---|
| Small text needs 4.5:1 / 7:1 | Fails | Fails |
| Large text needs 3:1 / 4.5:1 | Fails | Fails |
| UI component needs 3:1 | Fails | n/a |
Black background
17.45:117.45
contrast ratio on black background
| Element | AA | AAA |
|---|---|---|
| Small text needs 4.5:1 / 7:1 | Passes | Passes |
| Large text needs 3:1 / 4.5:1 | Passes | Passes |
| UI component needs 3:1 | Passes | n/a |
At 1.20:1 against white, Eggshell is a fill color rather than a text color. Use it for surfaces, borders and large display type, and set the copy in ink. Text placed on it should be black, which gives 17.45:1.
Color vision
How Eggshell looks with color blindness
Around 300 million people see color differently from the way it is specified. Each card shows the actual color beside how it appears, and how common that form of vision is.
Protanopia
About 1% of men#EDEDDB
Eggshell holds up almost unchanged here. ΔE 2.5
No working red cones. Reds darken sharply and drift toward the same muddy olive as green.
Deuteranopia
About 1% of men#EEEEDC
Eggshell holds up almost unchanged here. ΔE 2.6
No working green cones. With the milder deuteranomaly at nearer 6% of men, this is by far the most common form, and the one worth designing around.
Tritanopia
About 1 in 10,000#F0DFE0
Eggshell shifts noticeably here. ΔE 11.7
No working blue cones. Blues shift toward green and yellows toward pink. Rare, and unlike the others it is not sex-linked, so it affects men and women equally.
Achromatopsia
About 1 in 30,000#EAEAEA
Eggshell shifts noticeably here. ΔE 10.5
No color vision at all. Also a fair proxy for how the color survives a greyscale print or a failing screen.
Eggshell is stable under the common forms of color blindness: to a deuteranope it reads as #EEEEDC, a shift of only ΔE 2.6, which is close to imperceptible. The widest shift is under tritanopia, at ΔE 11.7. The rule this leads to needs no simulator: never let color be the only thing carrying a message. Add a label, an icon, or a clear difference in lightness, and the problem disappears for everyone.
Snippets
Using Eggshell in code
:root {
--eggshell: #F0EAD6;
}
.example {
color: var(--eggshell);
}// tailwind.config.js
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'eggshell': '#F0EAD6',
},
},
}// SwiftUI takes 0–1 components, not 0–255.
let eggshell = Color(
red: 0.941,
green: 0.918,
blue: 0.839
)<!-- res/values/colors.xml -->
<color name="eggshell">#F0EAD6</color>// Flutter wants ARGB: FF for full opacity, then the hex.
const eggshell = Color(0xFFF0EAD6);