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Sea Shell Palette

Sea Shell Palette: #FFF5EE, #F0F9FF, #FFF0F1, #FFFEF0. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Sea Shell Palette assigns primary #FFF5EE, secondary #F0F9FF, surface #FFF0F1, background #FFFEF0, accent #000000. The set spans Orange, Blue, Red, and Yellow families with warm, cool, and neutral temperatures. Luminance runs from #000000 at 0 to #FFFEF0 at 0.9843; black gives higher contrast on 4 of 5 values.

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5colors
Orange palettedominant group
6use cases

Palette Color Roles

Sea Shell Palette maps 5 colors to practical UI roles for interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#FFF5EESea Shell
Secondary#F0F9FF#F0F9FF
Surface#FFF0F1#FFF0F1
Background#FFFEF0#FFFEF0
Accent#000000Black

CSS Variables

--palette-sea-shell-primary: #FFF5EE;
--palette-sea-shell-secondary: #F0F9FF;
--palette-sea-shell-surface: #FFF0F1;
--palette-sea-shell-background: #FFFEF0;
--palette-sea-shell-accent: #000000;

Accessibility Snapshot

Compare all 5 Sea Shell Palette values against black and white text, with the stronger standard foreground identified for each role.

Primary#FFF5EE
Black 19.55:1 · White 1.07:1
Best #000000
Secondary#F0F9FF
Black 19.7:1 · White 1.07:1
Best #000000
Surface#FFF0F1
Black 18.99:1 · White 1.11:1
Best #000000
Background#FFFEF0
Black 20.69:1 · White 1.02:1
Best #000000
Accent#000000
Black 1:1 · White 21:1
Best #FFFFFF

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Sea Shell Palette roles behave together across common interface components before copying the CSS variables.

ButtonPrimary action with checked foreground contrast.
CardSurface treatment using palette roles.
AlertBackground, text, and accent roles together.
NavbarSecondary role with accent state.

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Sea Shell Palette Data (JSON)

Structured palette data for Sea Shell Palette, including color roles, accessibility, semantic groups, use cases, CSS variables, and API links.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.9274
Black text19.55:1AA Pass
White text1.07:1AA Fail
colorsPalette colors with roles and color systems
rolesPrimary, secondary, surface, background, and accent mapping
accessibilityContrast and WCAG text options by palette color
semanticGroupsAI-readable palette labels
useCasesDesign and implementation contexts
cssVariablesCopy-ready CSS custom properties
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Roles
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#FFF5EE",
    "name": "Sea Shell"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#F0F9FF",
    "name": "#F0F9FF"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#FFF0F1",
    "name": "#FFF0F1"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#FFFEF0",
    "name": "#FFFEF0"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#FFF5EE",
    "name": "Sea Shell",
    "blackContrast": 19.55,
    "whiteContrast": 1.07,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#F0F9FF",
    "name": "#F0F9FF",
    "blackContrast": 19.7,
    "whiteContrast": 1.07,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#FFF0F1",
    "name": "#FFF0F1",
    "blackContrast": 18.99,
    "whiteContrast": 1.11,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#FFFEF0",
    "name": "#FFFEF0",
    "blackContrast": 20.69,
    "whiteContrast": 1.02,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black",
    "blackContrast": 1,
    "whiteContrast": 21,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "sea shell palette",
  "generated palette",
  "orange palette",
  "blue palette",
  "red palette",
  "yellow palette",
  "gray palette",
  "light palette",
  "pastel palette",
  "dark palette",
  "neutral palette",
  "warm palette",
  "cool palette"
]
Use cases
[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "soft backgrounds",
  "calm digital interfaces"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-sea-shell-primary: #FFF5EE;\n--palette-sea-shell-secondary: #F0F9FF;\n--palette-sea-shell-surface: #FFF0F1;\n--palette-sea-shell-background: #FFFEF0;\n--palette-sea-shell-accent: #000000;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "sea-shell",
  "name": "Sea Shell Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "sea-shell",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Sea Shell, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Sea Shell Palette combines primary #FFF5EE, secondary #F0F9FF, surface #FFF0F1, background #FFFEF0, accent #000000. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a orange palette, blue palette, red palette system for design system tokens, CSS variables, palette reference, and AI color ingestion, with each color mapped to roles, contrast data, CSS tokens, and machine-readable JSON.",
  "semanticGroups": [
    "sea shell palette",
    "generated palette",
    "orange palette",
    "blue palette",
    "red palette",
    "yellow palette",
    "gray palette",
    "light palette",
    "pastel palette",
    "dark palette",
    "neutral palette",
    "warm palette",
    "cool palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion",
    "soft backgrounds",
    "calm digital interfaces"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#FFF5EE",
      "slug": "sea-shell",
      "name": "Sea Shell",
      "rgb": [
        255,
        245,
        238
      ],
      "hsl": [
        25,
        100,
        97
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        4,
        7,
        0
      ],
      "family": "orange",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "light",
        "pastel"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.9274,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 19.55,
        "white": 1.07
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/sea-shell/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#F0F9FF",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#F0F9FF",
      "rgb": [
        240,
        249,
        255
      ],
      "hsl": [
        204,
        100,
        97
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        6,
        2,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "light",
        "pastel"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.935,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 19.7,
        "white": 1.07
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#FFF0F1",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#FFF0F1",
      "rgb": [
        255,
        240,
        241
      ],
      "hsl": [
        356,
        100,
        97
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        6,
        5,
        0
      ],
      "family": "red",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "light",
        "pastel"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.8993,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 18.99,
        "white": 1.11
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#FFFEF0",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#FFFEF0",
      "rgb": [
        255,
        254,
        240
      ],
      "hsl": [
        56,
        100,
        97
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        6,
        0
      ],
      "family": "yellow",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "light",
        "pastel"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.9843,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 20.69,
        "white": 1.02
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "slug": "black",
      "name": "Black",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "dark",
        "neutral"
      ],
      "luminance": 0,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 1,
        "white": 21
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/black/"
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#FFF5EE",
      "name": "Sea Shell"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#F0F9FF",
      "name": "#F0F9FF"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#FFF0F1",
      "name": "#FFF0F1"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#FFFEF0",
      "name": "#FFFEF0"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#FFF5EE",
      "name": "Sea Shell",
      "blackContrast": 19.55,
      "whiteContrast": 1.07,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#F0F9FF",
      "name": "#F0F9FF",
      "blackContrast": 19.7,
      "whiteContrast": 1.07,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#FFF0F1",
      "name": "#FFF0F1",
      "blackContrast": 18.99,
      "whiteContrast": 1.11,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#FFFEF0",
      "name": "#FFFEF0",
      "blackContrast": 20.69,
      "whiteContrast": 1.02,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black",
      "blackContrast": 1,
      "whiteContrast": 21,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-sea-shell-primary: #FFF5EE;\n--palette-sea-shell-secondary: #F0F9FF;\n--palette-sea-shell-surface: #FFF0F1;\n--palette-sea-shell-background: #FFFEF0;\n--palette-sea-shell-accent: #000000;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/sea-shell.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sea-shell.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/sea-shell/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/sea-shell.json"
}
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