Nearest-color comparison

Sea Shell vs Old Lace

Sea Shell and Old Lace are different orange colors with HEX values #FFF5EE and #FDF5E6. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 8.2, their contrast ratio is 1.01:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Sea Shell and Old Lace are very close colors. Sea Shell is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.01:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Sea Shell#FFF5EE

Old Lace#FDF5E6

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance8.2

Pair contrast1.01:1

Luminance delta0.0084

Hue delta14 deg

Lighter colorSea Shell

More saturatedSea Shell

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

orange color

Sea Shell

Sea Shell is #FFF5EE, a warm orange color with light and pastel character. Compared with Old Lace, it is lighter and more saturated. 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

orange color

Old Lace

Old Lace is #FDF5E6, a warm orange color with light and pastel character. Compared with Sea Shell, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#FDF5E6 RGB253, 245, 230 HSL39, 85, 95 CMYK0, 3, 9, 1 Luminance0.919 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Sea Shell or Old Lace

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

Choose Old LaceOld Lace is better when the design needs light and pastel orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FDF5E6.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertySea ShellOld Lace

HEX#FFF5EE#FDF5E6

RGB255, 245, 238253, 245, 230

HSL25, 100, 9739, 85, 95

CMYK0, 4, 7, 00, 3, 9, 1

FamilyOrangeOrange

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneLight, PastelLight, Pastel

Luminance0.92740.919

Black contrast19.55:119.38:1

White contrast1.07:11.08:1

Shared tonesLight, Pastel

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Sea Shellblack text - 19.55:1

Old Laceblack text - 19.38:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Sea Shell#FFF5EE

Old Lace#FDF5E6

White#FFFFFF

#F0F9FF#F0F9FF

#E7EFFD#E7EFFD

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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    },
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    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/sea-shell/",
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  },
  {
    "slug": "old-lace",
    "name": "Old Lace",
    "hex": "#FDF5E6",
    "rgb": [
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      "white": 1.08
    },
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    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 19.38
    },
    "description": "Old Lace is #FDF5E6, a warm orange color with light and pastel character. Compared with Sea Shell, it is darker and less saturated. 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/old-lace/",
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  }
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Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 8.2,
  "contrastRatio": 1.01,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 14,
    "saturation": 15,
    "lightness": 2
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0084,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "light",
    "pastel"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Sea Shell",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Sea Shell"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.01,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Sea Shell",
      "background": "#FFF5EE",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 19.55
    },
    {
      "color": "Old Lace",
      "background": "#FDF5E6",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 19.38
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Old Lace is better when the design needs light and pastel orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FDF5E6.",
  "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",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/old-lace.json"
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Full JSON dataset

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