Papaya Whip color (#FFEFD5)
Papaya Whip is one of the 148 CSS named colors. Use the keyword papayawhip
anywhere CSS accepts a color, or its hex code #FFEFD5, which is rgb(255, 239, 213) in RGB.
It is a very light, muted warm color with a hue angle of 37° on the HSL color wheel and a perceived lightness of 96% in OKLCH. On a papaya whip background, black text gives the higher contrast at 18.55:1, which passes WCAG AA for normal text.
Papaya Whip color codes
| CSS name | papayawhip |
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|---|---|---|
| HEX | #FFEFD5 |
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| HEX (8-digit) | #FFEFD5FF |
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| RGB | rgb(255, 239, 213) |
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| HSL | hsl(37, 100%, 92%) |
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| HSV / HSB | hsv(37, 17%, 100%) |
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| OKLCH | oklch(95.8% 0.0383 80) |
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| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 16.5%, 0%) |
Contrast with white and black
WCAG 2 contrast ratios and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for papaya whip used as text and as a background.
Tints and shades of papaya whip
Tints mix papaya whip with white; shades mix it with black, in 10% steps. Click a swatch to copy it, or build custom scales in the tint & shade generator.
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Colors that go with papaya whip
Harmonies calculated on the HSL color wheel. Explore more in the color scheme generator.
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Papaya Whip with color blindness
Approximately how papaya whip appears with each type of color vision deficiency. Test full designs with the color blindness simulator.
Using papaya whip in CSS
.element {
color: papayawhip;
background-color: #ffefd5;
border-color: rgb(255 239 213 / 50%);
outline-color: oklch(95.8% 0.0383 80);
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