Beige

#e4ebcd

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 74 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 #e4ebcd, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e4ebcd
RGB228, 235, 205
HSL74, 43%, 86%
HSV74, 13%, 92%
CMYK3%, 0%, 13%, 8%
Lab91.83, -7.46, 13.77
XYZ72.72, 80.32, 69.43
Decimal15002573
Web safe#ccffcc
Pantone580 C
Pantone580 CHex#e4ebcdRgb228 235 205Cmyk3 0 13 8Lab92 -7 14Darker#adc267Deep#c8d79aLighter#f3f6ea

Shades of beige

Tints of beige

Colors that go with beige

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 3, 0, 13, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e4ebcd on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C
3 0 13 8
Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.
Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U
7 4 16 14
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 #e4ebcd straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e4ebcd; }
.text { color: #e4ebcd; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e4ebcd; }

How beige looks on light and dark

Beige and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e4ebcd against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Textwhite text on this color
1.23:1
AAfail · AA largefail · AAAfail
Textblack text on this color
17.06:1
AApass · AA largepass · AAApass

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e4ebcd 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 #e4ebcd sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Your nameFounderhello@brand.comBusiness 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 #e4ebcd and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from beige, free and print ready.

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How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #e4ebcd is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.