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#BEAFA2 — Light Dusty Brown

#BEAFA2 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 #BEAFA2 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.

#BEAFA2 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 #A2B1BE; it also sits naturally between #BEA2A3 and #BEBDA2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BEAFA2 · RGB 190, 175, 162

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Color values

HEX#BEAFA2
RGB190, 175, 162
HSL28°, 18%, 69%
HSV28°, 15%, 75%
CMYK0%, 8%, 15%, 25%
XYZ43.09, 44.22, 40.45
Yxy44.22, 0.3373, 0.3461
CIE-Lab72.37, 3.18, 8.60
Hunter Lab66.49, 2.89, 7.13

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 69% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 8% · Yellow 15% · Key 25%

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

Previews

Sample text in #BEAFA2 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BEAFA2 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BEAFA2

.text { color: #BEAFA2; }
.background { background-color: #BEAFA2; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BEAFA2; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(190, 175, 162); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(28, 18%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BEAFA2; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(190, 175, 162, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BEAFA2; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(190, 175, 162, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BEAFA2">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BEAFA2">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BEAFA2

#B2A090#A38D7B#967E69#816C5A#6F5D4D#5A4C3F#483C32#332B24#211C17#0C0A08

Tints of #BEAFA2

#C4B7AB#C9BCB1#CFC4BA#D5CBC3#DBD3CC#E0D8D2#E6E0DB#ECE8E4#F0EDEA#F7F5F3

Tones of #BEAFA2

#BCAFA4#BAAFA6#B8AFA8#B6B0AA#B4B0AC#B2B0AE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A2B1BE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.13:1 Fails
Against black text9.84:1 AAA

Best text color on #BEAFA2: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BEAFA2

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 #BEAFA2: ·

How #BEAFA2 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #B8B7A5Deuteranopia · #B8BAA6Tritanopia · #BDA8A8

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 · #9E9E9EMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34ATailwind zinc 500 · #71717A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BEAFA2 rather than the exact color:

Amber Cascade
#AC62B4 · #995668 · #BDAF9E · #8EA864
Silent Ruby Mirage
#90BBBE · #897BC5 · #A34786 · #BDAC9F
Palette Daddb1
#DADDB1 · #B3A492 · #BFB29E · #D6C7AE
Ruby Mirage
#EBE2CC · #DED6C1 · #CFC6B1 · #B7B09E
Palette B6ae9f
#B6AE9F · #C5C7BC · #DEDED1 · #FBF3D1
Cosmic Cinder
#933F8B · #B9787D · #BCB59C · #87A176

Similar colors

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

#BDAF9E#BDAC9F#BFB29E#B7B09E#B6AE9F#BCB59C#C2B8A3#C6A9A3#C7AE9D#C1BAA1#B7B89F#C7B7A3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BEAFA1  ·  #BEAFA3 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BEAFA2?

#BEAFA2 is Light Dusty Brown, a brown color (RGB 190, 175, 162). Its closest standard named color is DarkGray.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BEAFA2?

#BEAFA2 is RGB 190, 175, 162 — HSL 28°, 18%, 69% — CMYK 0%, 8%, 15%, 25%.

What colors go with #BEAFA2?

Its complement is #A2B1BE; analogous partners are #BEA2A3 and #BEBDA2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BEAFA2 for text?

Black text on #BEAFA2 has a contrast ratio of 9.84:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.13:1.