Beige

#c8d4bc

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

Beige sits in the green range, light and muted. 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 #c8d4bc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#c8d4bc

RGB200, 212, 188

HSL90, 22%, 78%

HSV90, 11%, 83%

CMYK6%, 0%, 11%, 17%

Lab83.44, -8.36, 10.49

XYZ56.44, 63.0, 56.76

Decimal13161660

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone559 C

Shades of beige

#b6c6a6 #a3b78f #91a979 #7e9a63 #6c8354 #596d46 #475637 #344029 #22291a #0f130c

Tints of beige

#cdd8c2 #d1dbc7 #d6dfcd #dae2d2 #dfe6d8 #e4eade #e8ede3 #edf1e9 #f1f4ef #f6f8f4

Colors that go with beige

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Beige in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 6, 0, 11, 17.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #c8d4bc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 0 11 17

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 4 14 23

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 #c8d4bc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #c8d4bc; }
.text { color: #c8d4bc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #c8d4bc; }

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 #c8d4bc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #c8d4bc 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 #c8d4bc 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 #c8d4bc 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 #c8d4bc are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.