Beige

#cad8b7

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

This is Beige, a soft green at 85 degrees. 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 #cad8b7, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#cad8b7

RGB202, 216, 183

HSL85, 30%, 78%

HSV85, 15%, 85%

CMYK6%, 0%, 15%, 15%

Lab84.53, -10.53, 14.69

XYZ57.46, 65.09, 54.33

Decimal13293751

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone580 C

Shades of beige

#b8cb9f #a7be87 #95b16f #83a358 #708b4b #5d733f #4a5c32 #364425 #232c18 #10140b

Tints of beige

#d3dfc3 #dce5cf #e5ecdb #eef2e7 #f2f5ed

Colors that go with beige

Complementary#c5b7d8 Analogous#d8d6b7 Analogous#bad8b7 Triadic#b7cad8 Triadic#d8b7ca Split complementary#b7bad8 Split complementary#d6b7d8

Beige in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 6, 0, 15, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #cad8b7 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

6 0 15 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

10 4 18 21

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 #cad8b7 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #cad8b7; }
.text { color: #cad8b7; }
.border { border: 2px solid #cad8b7; }

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 #cad8b7 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cad8b7 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 #cad8b7 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 #cad8b7 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 #cad8b7 is computed, not guessed. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.