Beige

#c0c5ae

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 73 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 #c0c5ae, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c0c5ae

RGB192, 197, 174

HSL73, 17%, 73%

HSV73, 12%, 77%

CMYK3%, 0%, 12%, 23%

Lab78.58, -5.8, 10.95

XYZ49.34, 54.19, 47.9

Decimal12633518

Web safe#cccc99

Pantone5655 C

Shades of beige

#b1b79a #a1a986 #929a72 #808962 #6e7554 #5b6146 #494d37 #363a29 #23261b #11120d

Tints of beige

#cbcfbc #d6d9ca #e1e3d8 #ecede6 #f1f2ee

Colors that go with beige

Complementary#b3aec5 Analogous#c5bfae Analogous#b5c5ae Triadic#aec0c5 Triadic#c5aec0 Split complementary#aeb4c5 Split complementary#bfaec5

Beige in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 3, 0, 12, 23.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c0c5ae on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

3 0 12 23

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

7 4 15 29

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 #c0c5ae straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c0c5ae; }
.text { color: #c0c5ae; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c0c5ae; }

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 #c0c5ae against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c0c5ae 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 #c0c5ae 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 #c0c5ae 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

Every value on this page for #c0c5ae is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.