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#BEABA2 — Light Dusty Brown

#BEABA2 is a brown color we call Light Dusty Brown, closest to the named color DarkGray (#A9A9A9). It belongs to the brown family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkgray (#A9A9A9) — not an exact match. CSS darkgray gives you #A9A9A9, a different color; use #BEABA2 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BEABA2 is a warm brown color associated with earthiness, stability and comfort. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #A2B5BE; it also sits naturally between #BEA2A7 and #BEB9A2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BEABA2 · RGB 190, 171, 162

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Color values

HEX#BEABA2
RGB190, 171, 162
HSL19°, 18%, 69%
HSV19°, 15%, 75%
CMYK0%, 10%, 15%, 25%
XYZ42.32, 42.68, 40.19
Yxy42.68, 0.3380, 0.3409
CIE-Lab71.34, 5.34, 7.12
Hunter Lab65.33, 4.86, 5.92

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 67% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 10% · Yellow 15% · Key 25%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #BEABA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BEABA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BEABA2

.text { color: #BEABA2; }
.background { background-color: #BEABA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEABA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 171, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(19, 18%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEABA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 171, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEABA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 171, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BEABA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BEABA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BEABA2

#B29A90#A3877B#967769#81665A#6F584D#5A473F#483932#332824#211A17#0C0A08

Tints of #BEABA2

#C4B3AB#C9B8B1#CFC0BA#D5C9C3#DBD1CC#E0D6D2#E6DEDB#ECE7E4#F0ECEA#F7F4F3

Tones of #BEABA2

#BCACA4#BAACA6#B8ADA8#B6AEAA#B4AFAC#B2AFAE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A2B5BE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.20:1 Fails
Against black text9.54:1 AAA

Best text color on #BEABA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BEABA2

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #BEABA2: ·

How #BEABA2 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #B6B6A4Deuteranopia · #B7B8A5Tritanopia · #BDA6A6

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind zinc 500 · #71717AMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BEABA2 rather than the exact color:

Silent Ruby Mirage
#90BBBE · #897BC5 · #A34786 · #BDAC9F
Amber Cascade
#AC62B4 · #995668 · #BDAF9E · #8EA864
Palette Daddb1
#DADDB1 · #B3A492 · #BFB29E · #D6C7AE
Palette 99bbad
#99BBAD · #EBD8B7 · #C6A9A3 · #9A8194
Palette F3c5c5
#F3C5C5 · #C1A3A3 · #886F6F · #694E4E
Palette B6ae9f
#B6AE9F · #C5C7BC · #DEDED1 · #FBF3D1

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#BDAC9F#BDAF9E#BFB29E#C6A9A3#C1A3A3#B6AE9F#B7B09E#BDA39C#C8A8A2#C7AE9D#BCB59C#B4A5A5

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BEABA1  ·  #BEABA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEABA2?

#BEABA2 is Light Dusty Brown, a brown color (RGB 190, 171, 162). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEABA2?

#BEABA2 is RGB 190, 171, 162 — HSL 19°, 18%, 69% — CMYK 0%, 10%, 15%, 25%.

What colors go with #BEABA2?

Its complement is #A2B5BE; analogous partners are #BEA2A7 and #BEB9A2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEABA2 for text?

Black text on #BEABA2 has a contrast ratio of 9.54:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.20:1.