Beige

#c6c9bd

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

Beige is a light green that feels soft. Light greens like this signal fresh, natural and wellness. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Beige color values

Every conversion for #c6c9bd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c6c9bd

RGB198, 201, 189

HSL75, 10%, 76%

HSV75, 6%, 79%

CMYK1%, 0%, 6%, 21%

Lab80.43, -3.19, 5.62

XYZ53.36, 57.45, 56.42

Decimal13027773

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone5517 C

Shades of beige

#b5b9a9 #a4a995 #939882 #81876f #6e745f #5c604e #494c3e #36382e #23251e #10110e

Tints of beige

#cbcec3 #d0d2c8 #d5d7ce #d9dbd3 #dee0d9 #e3e5df #e8e9e4 #edeeea #f2f2f0 #f7f7f5

Colors that go with beige

Complementary#c0bdc9 Analogous#c9c6bd Analogous#c0c9bd Triadic#bdc6c9 Triadic#c9bdc6 Split complementary#bdc0c9 Split complementary#c6bdc9

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 1, 0, 6, 21.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c6c9bd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

1 0 6 21

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

5 4 10 27

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 readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Beige in css

Copy #c6c9bd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c6c9bd; }
.text { color: #c6c9bd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c6c9bd; }

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 #c6c9bd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c6c9bd against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Beige on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #c6c9bd 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 thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn beige into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #c6c9bd 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 #c6c9bd 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.