Beige

#dce8cc

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 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 #dce8cc, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dce8cc

RGB220, 232, 204

HSL86, 38%, 85%

HSV86, 12%, 91%

CMYK5%, 0%, 12%, 9%

Lab90.45, -8.89, 12.26

XYZ69.27, 77.29, 68.39

Decimal14477516

Web safe#ccffcc

Pantone580 C

Shades of beige

#c9dbb0 #b6cf94 #a2c278 #8fb65c #7ba149 #66853c #50692f #3b4d23 #253116 #10150a

Tints of beige

#e1ebd4 #e7efdb #ecf2e3 #f1f6eb #f7f9f3

Colors that go with beige

Complementary#d8cce8 Analogous#e8e6cc Analogous#cee8cc Triadic#ccdce8 Triadic#e8ccdc Split complementary#cccee8 Split complementary#e6cce8

Beige in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 5, 0, 12, 9.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dce8cc on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

5 0 12 9

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

9 4 15 15

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 #dce8cc straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dce8cc; }
.text { color: #dce8cc; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dce8cc; }

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 #dce8cc against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dce8cc 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 #dce8cc 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 #dce8cc 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

The figures for #dce8cc come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.