Nearest-color comparison

Floral White vs Sea Shell

Floral White and Sea Shell are different orange colors with HEX values #FFFAF0 and #FFF5EE. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 5.4, their contrast ratio is 1.03:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Floral White and Sea Shell are very close colors. Floral White is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.03:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Floral White#FFFAF0

Sea Shell#FFF5EE

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Floral White and Sea Shell across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance5.4

Pair contrast1.03:1

Luminance delta0.0318

Hue delta15 deg

Lighter colorFloral White

More saturatedFloral White

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

orange color

Floral White

Floral White is #FFFAF0, a warm orange color with light and pastel character. Compared with Sea Shell, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#FFFAF0 RGB255, 250, 240 HSL40, 100, 97 CMYK0, 2, 6, 0 Luminance0.9592 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

orange color

Sea Shell

Sea Shell is #FFF5EE, a warm orange color with light and pastel character. Compared with Floral White, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#FFF5EE RGB255, 245, 238 HSL25, 100, 97 CMYK0, 4, 7, 0 Luminance0.9274 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Floral White or Sea Shell

Choose Floral WhiteFloral White is better when the design needs light and pastel orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFFAF0.

Choose Sea ShellSea Shell is better when the design needs light and pastel orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFF5EE.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyFloral WhiteSea Shell

HEX#FFFAF0#FFF5EE

RGB255, 250, 240255, 245, 238

HSL40, 100, 9725, 100, 97

CMYK0, 2, 6, 00, 4, 7, 0

FamilyOrangeOrange

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneLight, PastelLight, Pastel

Luminance0.95920.9274

Black contrast20.18:119.55:1

White contrast1.04:11.07:1

Shared tonesLight, Pastel

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Floral Whiteblack text - 20.18:1

Sea Shellblack text - 19.55:1

Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Floral White#FFFAF0

Sea Shell#FFF5EE

White#FFFFFF

#F0F5FF#F0F5FF

#F0F9FF#F0F9FF

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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      "label": "black text",
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    },
    "description": "Floral White is #FFFAF0, a warm orange color with light and pastel character. Compared with Sea Shell, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/floral-white/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/floral-white.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "sea-shell",
    "name": "Sea Shell",
    "hex": "#FFF5EE",
    "rgb": [
      255,
      245,
      238
    ],
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      25,
      100,
      97
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    "tone": [
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      "pastel"
    ],
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    "contrast": {
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      "white": 1.07
    },
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        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
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      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 19.55
    },
    "description": "Sea Shell is #FFF5EE, a warm orange color with light and pastel character. Compared with Floral White, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/sea-shell/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sea-shell.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 5.4,
  "contrastRatio": 1.03,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 15,
    "saturation": 0,
    "lightness": 0
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0318,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "light",
    "pastel"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Floral White",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Floral White"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.03,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Floral White",
      "background": "#FFFAF0",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 20.18
    },
    {
      "color": "Sea Shell",
      "background": "#FFF5EE",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 19.55
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Sea Shell is better when the design needs light and pastel orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFF5EE.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

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  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sea-shell.json"
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Full JSON dataset

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