Beige

#ecf1da

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

Beige sits in the green range, pale and soft. Greens like this connect to growth and calm. It works beside earthy oranges for contrast, or with other greens for a calm monochrome.

Beige color values

Every conversion for #ecf1da, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ecf1da

RGB236, 241, 218

HSL73, 45%, 90%

HSV73, 10%, 95%

CMYK2%, 0%, 10%, 5%

Lab94.23, -5.61, 10.53

XYZ78.7, 85.81, 78.74

Decimal15528410

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone621 C

Shades of beige

#dce5bb #ccd99c #bcce7d #acc25e #9ab243 #7f9337 #64732c #495420 #2e3514 #131608

Tints of beige

#edf2dc #eef3df #f0f4e1 #f1f5e4 #f2f6e6 #f3f6e8 #f5f7eb #f6f8ed #f7f9f0 #f8faf2

Colors that go with beige

Complementary#dfdaf1 Analogous#f1eada Analogous#e1f1da Triadic#daecf1 Triadic#f1daec Split complementary#dae1f1 Split complementary#eadaf1

Beige in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 2, 0, 10, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ecf1da on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

2 0 10 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

6 4 13 11

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 #ecf1da straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ecf1da; }
.text { color: #ecf1da; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ecf1da; }

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 #ecf1da against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ecf1da 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 #ecf1da 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 #ecf1da 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 #ecf1da are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.