Beige

#cdcdbe

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

This is Beige, a muted yellow at 60 degrees. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Charcoal and navy give it the contrast it needs and purple across the wheel makes it pop.

Beige color values

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

Hex#cdcdbe

RGB205, 205, 190

HSL60, 13%, 77%

HSV60, 7%, 80%

CMYK0%, 0%, 7%, 20%

Lab82.03, -2.64, 7.46

XYZ56.3, 60.36, 57.4

Decimal13487550

Web safe#cccccc

Pantone441 C

Shades of beige

#bdbda9 #adad95 #9d9d80 #8d8d6c #78785d #64644d #4f4f3d #3a3a2d #26261d #11110d

Tints of beige

#d1d1c3 #d5d5c9 #dadace #deded4 #e2e2d9 #e6e6df #ebebe4 #efefea #f3f3ef #f7f7f5

Colors that go with beige

Complementary#bebecd Analogous#cdc6be Analogous#c6cdbe Triadic#becdcd Triadic#cdbecd Split complementary#bec6cd Split complementary#c6becd

Beige in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 0, 7, 20.

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

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 0 7 20

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 4 10 26

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 #cdcdbe straight into your stylesheet.

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

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

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #cdcdbe 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 #cdcdbe 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 #cdcdbe 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 #cdcdbe are worked out. 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 value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.