Comfort Colors color chart
The 91 colors Comfort Colors lists, each with the HEX, RGB, CMYK and Pantone values the brand publishes. Pick a style to see only the colors that blank comes in, find a shade by name, and check whether black or white ink reads on it before you design.
Pepper
Grey family · listed as Pigment Dye
- HEX
- #4E4B48
- RGB
- 78, 75, 72
- CMYK
- 76, 69, 68, 33
- Pantone
- 2336
A dark shirt: white or bright ink reads well, black ink disappears.
Comes in 19 styles: 1466 Light crewneck, 1467 Light hoodie, 1468 Sweat shorts, 1468L Women's sweat shorts, 1469 Sweatpants, 1566 Crewneck, 1566L Women's crewneck, 1567 Hoodie, 1570L Women's full zip, 1580 Quarter zip, 1580L Women's quarter zip, 15BT Blanket, 1717 Tee, 3023CL Women's boxy, 4410 Long sleeve pocket, 6014 Long sleeve, 6030 Pocket tee, 9018 Youth tee, 9360 Tank.
66 colors on the 1717 Heavyweight Adult Tee
HEX, RGB, CMYK, Pantone and the styles each color comes in, from comfortcolors.com, read 3 November 2026. A screen never matches dyed cotton exactly. The contrast figures are WCAG ratios against pure black and white ink.
The brand's own codes
HEX, RGB, CMYK and Pantone exactly as Comfort Colors publishes them for each color, not a guess sampled from a photo.
Style by style
Pick the 1717 tee, a sweatshirt, a hoodie or the tank and the chart keeps only the colors that blank really comes in.
Black or white ink?
Each color shows a black and a white print on it with the contrast ratio, so you know which ink your design needs.
How many colors does Comfort Colors make?
The color page on comfortcolors.com listed 91 colors when we read it on 3 November 2026. That count includes 10 two-tone versions, made only for the Sunwashed Trucker Cap (nine pair a color with Tan), and 10shades made only for the Color Blast tees and sweatshirt. No single blank comes in all of them. The 1717 heavyweight tee, the one most print-on-demand and Etsy sellers mean when they say "Comfort Colors", comes in 66 (its page says 67, because it lists Crunchberry under two dye groups).
| Style | Blank | Colors |
|---|---|---|
| 1717 | Heavyweight Adult Tee | 66 |
| 6014 | Heavyweight Adult Long Sleeve T-Shirt | 50 |
| 6030 | Heavyweight Adult Pocket T-Shirt | 56 |
| 4410 | Heavyweight Adult Long Sleeve Pocket T-Shirt | 25 |
| 9360 | Heavyweight Adult Tank | 34 |
| 3023CL | Heavyweight Women's Boxy T-Shirt | 13 |
| 9018 | Heavyweight Youth T-Shirt | 29 |
| 1566 | Adult Crewneck Sweatshirt | 18 |
| 1567 | Adult Hooded Sweatshirt | 11 |
| 1466 | Lightweight Adult Crewneck Sweatshirt | 14 |
| 1467 | Lightweight Adult Hooded Sweatshirt | 11 |
Why the shirt never matches the screen exactly
Comfort Colors garment-dyes its styles, which the brand says gives them a lived-in feel. A dyed cotton surface never looks quite like a flat square of light on a screen, and every screen shows a HEX code a little differently. Use the HEX and Pantone values to plan a design and to match a mockup, not as a promise of the exact shade a customer will receive. If the color matters to the design, order one blank before you list it.
Which Comfort Colors shades sell on Etsy
When we counted the shirt color in 250 leading Etsy shirt listings on 2 November 2026, 116 of them named Comfort Colors in the title or tags, and the shades in their photos were not the black that leads elsewhere. Ivory or white came first, then Pepper, the washed black-grey (#4E4B48), then moss and sage greens, with solid black only fourth. On TeePublic, Redbubble and Amazon, black was the shirt in about two of every three best sellers. The full count, with the method and its limits (it is the color shown in the photo, not sales per color), is in best selling t-shirt colors.
Black ink or white ink?
The ink check under the chart prints black and white on the color you pick and gives the contrast ratio, the same measure used for text on screens: 4.5 to 1 or more reads easily, under 3 to 1 starts to disappear. Ivory (#E7CEB5) takes black ink at 12.5 to 1, so dark line art and type work on it. Pepper takes white at 8.7 to 1 and Black at 14.8 to 1. On the 1717, 4 colors sit in between, where neither plain black nor plain white reaches 4.5 to 1: Flo Blue, Ice Blue, Light Green and Royal Caribe. A design for those shirts needs a bolder ink or a thick outline. Once you have a design, the free mockup generator puts it on a shirt photo in a few seconds.
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Frequently asked questions
How many colors does the Comfort Colors 1717 come in?
66 on its page on comfortcolors.com on 3 November 2026. The page shows 67 because Crunchberry is listed under two dye groups: 52 entries as Pigment Dye, 13 as Direct/Reactive and 2 (Dusk and Rose Quartz) under Other. Set the style to 1717 above to see all 66 with their codes.
What color is Comfort Colors Pepper?
A washed black-grey. Comfort Colors gives it HEX #4E4B48, RGB 78, 75, 72 and Pantone 2336, in its Grey family. It comes in 19 styles, the 1717 tee and the 1566 crewneck among them, and white ink reads on it at about 8.7 to 1. In our count of leading Etsy shirt listings on 2 November 2026 it was the second most shown shirt color, after ivory and white.
What colors does the Comfort Colors 1566 sweatshirt come in?
18 on its page on 3 November 2026: Blue Jean, Blue Spruce, Butter, Chalky Mint, Chambray, Crimson, Denim, Flo Blue, Grey, Light Green, Orchid, Pepper, Seafoam, Terracotta, True Navy, Violet, Watermelon and White. There is no Black on the 1566; the darkest options are True Navy and Pepper. The 1567 hoodie comes in 11 of the same colors.
Are these HEX codes exact?
They are the values Comfort Colors publishes for each color, copied as they appear on comfortcolors.com. A garment-dyed cotton shirt never looks exactly like a flat color on a screen, and screens differ from each other, so use them to plan a design or match a mockup and order a blank when the shade really matters.
Do Printful and Printify carry every Comfort Colors color?
Each print provider stocks its own selection of a style's colors, and it changes, so check the provider's product page for the colors it prints. This chart shows what Comfort Colors itself makes, which is the most any provider can offer.
Which Comfort Colors color is best for a design with black text?
A light one. Ivory takes black ink at about 12.5 to 1, White at almost 19 to 1, and Butter, Chambray and Island Reef are also well above 4.5 to 1. Pick any color above and the ink check shows the ratio for black and for white ink on it.
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