Beige

#dfe4cd

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 73 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 #dfe4cd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#dfe4cd

RGB223, 228, 205

HSL73, 30%, 85%

HSV73, 10%, 89%

CMYK2%, 0%, 10%, 11%

Lab89.67, -5.66, 10.64

XYZ69.19, 75.58, 68.7

Decimal14673101

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone621 C

Shades of beige

#ced6b3 #bec899 #adba7f #9cac64 #879751 #707c43 #586235 #414827 #292e19 #12140b

Tints of beige

#e1e6d1 #e4e8d5 #e6ead9 #e9ecdc #ebeee0 #eef0e4 #f0f3e8 #f3f5ec #f5f7f0 #f8f9f3

Colors that go with beige

Complementary#d2cde4 Analogous#e4decd Analogous#d4e4cd Triadic#cddfe4 Triadic#e4cddf Split complementary#cdd3e4 Split complementary#decde4

Beige in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 2, 0, 10, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #dfe4cd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 0 10 11

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 4 13 17

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 #dfe4cd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #dfe4cd; }
.text { color: #dfe4cd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #dfe4cd; }

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 #dfe4cd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #dfe4cd 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 #dfe4cd 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 #dfe4cd 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 #dfe4cd is computed, not guessed. 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.