CSS named colour
Papaya Whip
#ffefd5
A CSS named colour: papayawhip is valid anywhere a colour is expected.
- RGB
- rgb(255 239 213)
- HSL
- 37°, 100%, 92%
- OKLCh
- 95.8% 0.038 80.0
Papaya Whip in every format
Web & CSSThe everyday formats for stylesheets and design tools.
| Hex | #ffefd5 | |
|---|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(255 239 213) | |
| RGB legacy | rgb(255, 239, 213) | |
| RGB percent | rgb(100% 93.73% 83.53%) | |
| HSL | hsl(37.1 100% 91.8%) | |
| HSL legacy | hsl(37.1, 100%, 91.8%) | |
| HSV / HSB | hsv(37.1, 16.5%, 100%) | |
| HWB | hwb(37.1 83.5% 0%) | |
| Nearest name | papayawhip | |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 16.5%, 0%)Naive conversion. Real print work needs an ICC profile. |
Perceptual & wide gamutModern CSS colour spaces for uniform scales and P3 displays.
| OKLCh | oklch(95.808% 0.03826 80.032)Modern CSS colour space for even palettes — better than HSL when building scales. | |
|---|---|---|
| OKLab | oklab(95.808% 0.00662 0.03768) | |
| CIE LCh | lch(95.229% 14.894 80.186) | |
| CIE Lab | lab(95.229% 2.539 14.676) | |
| Display P3 | color(display-p3 0.9892 0.9394 0.8464) | |
| Rec. 2020 | color(rec2020 0.97 0.9334 0.8299) | |
| srgb-linear | color(srgb-linear 1 0.8632 0.6654)Light-linear sRGB — the same numbers a shader wants for maths. | |
| CIE XYZ (D65) | color(xyz-d65 0.8411 0.878 0.7547) |
ShadersGLSL, HLSL and WGSL vectors in both encoded and linear form.
| GLSL vec3 — sRGB | vec3(1.0, 0.937, 0.835)Encoded values. Use when writing straight to the framebuffer. | |
|---|---|---|
| GLSL vec3 — linear | vec3(1.0, 0.863, 0.665)Light-linear values. Use for lighting, blending and mixing. | |
| GLSL vec4 — sRGB | vec4(1.0, 0.937, 0.835, 1.0) | |
| GLSL vec4 — linear | vec4(1.0, 0.863, 0.665, 1.0) | |
| GLSL ivec3 | ivec3(255, 239, 213) | |
| HLSL float3 — sRGB | float3(1.0, 0.937, 0.835) | |
| HLSL float3 — linear | float3(1.0, 0.863, 0.665) | |
| HLSL float4 — sRGB | float4(1.0, 0.937, 0.835, 1.0) | |
| HLSL half4 — sRGB | half4(1.0, 0.937, 0.835, 1.0) | |
| WGSL vec3f — sRGB | vec3f(1.0, 0.937, 0.835) | |
| WGSL vec4f — sRGB | vec4f(1.0, 0.937, 0.835, 1.0) | |
| WGSL vec3<f32> — linear | vec3<f32>(1.0, 0.863, 0.665) |
Engines & appsConstructors for Unity, Unreal, Godot, Flutter, SwiftUI and Android.
| Unity Color | new Color(1.0f, 0.937f, 0.835f, 1.0f)Color for everyday scripting (0–1). Color32 when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255. | |
|---|---|---|
| Unity Color32 | new Color32(255, 239, 213, 255) | |
| Unreal FLinearColor | FLinearColor(1.0f, 0.8632f, 0.6654f, 1.0f)FLinearColor for materials and lighting. FColor when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255. | |
| Unreal FColor | FColor(255, 239, 213, 255)Whole numbers from 0 to 255 — use when an API asks for FColor, not FLinearColor. | |
| Godot Color | Color(1, 0.937, 0.835, 1) | |
| Flutter Color | Color(0xFFFFEFD5)Packed ARGB, so alpha comes first. | |
| Android Color | Color.rgb(255, 239, 213) | |
| SwiftUI Color | Color(red: 1, green: 0.937, blue: 0.835) | |
| UIKit UIColor | UIColor(red: 1, green: 0.937, blue: 0.835, alpha: 1) |
Raw valuesPacked integers and plain arrays.
| 0x hex | 0xFFEFD5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 0x hex (ARGB) | 0xFFFFEFD5 | |
| Array 0–1 | [1, 0.937, 0.835] | |
| Array 0–255 | [255, 239, 213] | |
| Decimal integer | 16773077 |
Contrast and accessibility
WCAG 2 ratios are what audits and legislation reference. APCA is shown alongside because WCAG 2 is known to misjudge mid-tone backgrounds, and it is the basis of the WCAG 3 draft.
| Pairing | WCAG 2 ratio | Level | APCA | Suitable for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Papaya Whip on white | 1.13:1 | Fail | Lc 0 | Not usable for text |
| Papaya Whip on black | 18.56:1 | AAA | Lc 99 | Body text at any size |
Papaya Whip text on a white background
Papaya Whip text on a black background
White text on Papaya Whip
Black text on Papaya Whip
Tonal scale
Hue held fixed while lightness walks OKLCh, ready to use as a design system ramp.
- 50#fff6e3
- 100#f8ecd8
- 200#e8dbc5
- 300#d2c4ad
- 400#b6a790
- 500#988971
- 600#7d7059
- 700#655945
- 800#514634
- 900#403626
- 950#261e11
Tints and shades
Mixed perceptually toward white and black, so the steps feel evenly spaced.
- Tint 1#fff2dc
- Tint 2#fff4e3
- Tint 3#fff7ea
- Tint 4#fffaf1
- Tint 5#fffcf8
- Shade 1#c8bba7
- Shade 2#948a7b
- Shade 3#635c51
- Shade 4#36322b
- Shade 5#0f0d0a
Colours that work with Papaya Whip
Complementary, triadic and analogous partners, rotated in OKLCh so they keep the same apparent brightness.
- #e3f2ff
- #d4fafb
- #fde9ff
- #ffeadb
- #f2f4d7
Closest CSS names
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