Beige

#f2efdb

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

Beige falls in the yellow band, pale and soft. Yellows like this read optimistic and energetic. Pair it with dark neutrals so it stays legible, or with violet for a high energy scheme.

Beige color values

Every conversion for #f2efdb, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f2efdb

RGB242, 239, 219

HSL52, 47%, 90%

HSV52, 10%, 95%

CMYK0%, 1%, 10%, 5%

Lab94.19, -2.36, 10.02

XYZ80.27, 85.72, 79.33

Decimal15921115

Web safe#ffffcc

Pantone5595 C

Shades of beige

#e7e1bb #dbd39c #d0c57c #c4b75d #b5a641 #958936 #756c2a #564f1f #363214 #161508

Tints of beige

#f3f0dd #f4f1e0 #f4f2e2 #f5f3e4 #f6f4e6 #f7f5e9 #f8f6eb #f9f7ed #f9f8f0 #faf9f2

Colors that go with beige

Complementary#dbdef2 Analogous#f2e3db Analogous#e9f2db Triadic#dbf2ef Triadic#efdbf2 Split complementary#dbeaf2 Split complementary#e3dbf2

Beige in print

It is pale enough that on uncoated stock it can read even lighter than on screen. The cmyk build is 0, 1, 10, 5.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f2efdb on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 1 10 5

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 5 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 #f2efdb straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f2efdb; }
.text { color: #f2efdb; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f2efdb; }

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 #f2efdb against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f2efdb 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 #f2efdb 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 #f2efdb 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 #f2efdb are worked out. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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.