Beige

#becbaf

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for beige, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Beige, a muted green at 88 degrees. Light greens like this signal fresh, natural and wellness. Warm terracotta and clay across the wheel balance it and cream keeps it fresh.

Beige color values

Every conversion for #becbaf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#becbaf

RGB190, 203, 175

HSL88, 21%, 74%

HSV88, 14%, 80%

CMYK6%, 0%, 14%, 20%

Lab80.04, -9.46, 12.47

XYZ50.33, 56.75, 48.86

Decimal12503983

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone622 C

Shades of beige

#adbd9a #9cb085 #8ba270 #79915e #687c50 #566743 #445235 #333d27 #21281a #10130c

Tints of beige

#c4cfb6 #cfd8c4 #dae1d2 #e0e6d9 #ebefe6 #f1f3ed

Colors that go with beige

Complementary#bcafcb Analogous#cbcaaf Analogous#b0cbaf Triadic#afbecb Triadic#cbafbe Split complementary#afb0cb Split complementary#caafcb

Beige in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 6, 0, 14, 20.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #becbaf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 0 14 20

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 4 17 26

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Beige in css

Copy #becbaf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #becbaf; }
.text { color: #becbaf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #becbaf; }

How beige looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Beige and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #becbaf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #becbaf against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Beige on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #becbaf sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around beige? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn beige into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #becbaf and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from beige, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #becbaf are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.