Nude color: code #E3BC9A

Nude

#E3BC9A

Color codes

  • HEX#E3BC9A
  • RGBrgb(227, 188, 154)
  • HSLhsl(28, 57%, 75%)
  • HSVhsv(28, 32%, 89%)
  • CMYKcmyk(0%, 17%, 32%, 11%)
  • LABlab(78.8% 9.2 22.5)
  • OKLCHoklch(82.1% 0.064 62.8)

About the color Nude

Nude has the HEX code #E3BC9A, which corresponds to rgb(227, 188, 154) in the RGB model. On the color wheel its hue sits at 28°, with 57% saturation and 75% lightness (hsl(28, 57%, 75%)).

Because of its hue it reads as a warm color: it tends to feel energetic and close, and it visually “advances” in a composition.

As a background it calls for dark text: black reaches a 11.92:1 contrast ratio on it, versus 1.76:1 for white.

For print, the approximate conversion is cmyk(0%, 17%, 32%, 11%). Always confirm with your printer’s color profile, because the result depends on paper and ink.

Lighter tints

Darker shades

Color combinations with Nude

Complementary

#E3BC9A · #9BC2E4

Analogous

#E49B9D · #E3BC9A · #E4E19B

Triadic

#E3BC9A · #9BE4BD · #BD9BE4

Tetradic

#E3BC9A · #9DE49B · #9BC2E4 · #E19BE4

Split-complementary

#E3BC9A · #9BE4E1 · #9B9DE4

Monochromatic

#C87B37 · #D9A273 · #E3BC9A · #F4E5D7 · #FFFFFF

Nude with white and black text

White text Aa Bb Cc 123
1.76:1 · fails WCAG
Black text Aa Bb Cc 123
11.92:1 · AAA

Test other pairs in the contrast checker

Nude is a relative color

The HEX #E3BC9A stands for the most common catalog “nude”: a warm, pinkish beige of medium lightness. The name itself carries baggage, though. “Nude” is meant to mean “skin-colored,” and for decades the industry treated a single light skin tone as the default. Hosiery, ballet shoes, adhesive bandages and “nude” bras simply didn’t match the skin of a large share of people. In recent years, lingerie, footwear, makeup and medical supply brands have introduced ranges of diverse nudes, from ivory to deep brown, and the term is increasingly understood as “the shade closest to your skin.”

So treat #E3BC9A as a palette reference, not as “the” nude. In fashion, beauty or healthcare projects, think in terms of a scale of shades rather than a single swatch.

Nude or beige?

Both are warm neutrals, but CSS beige (#F5F5DC) is much lighter and leans toward yellow-green, while nude has more red in the mix and lower luminance. In practice, beige evokes paper and linen; nude evokes skin, face powder and light leather.

Where it works

In fashion, nude shoes and bags visually lengthen the silhouette when they come close to the wearer’s own skin tone. In cosmetics and wellness, nude palettes signal naturalness and care. On the web it makes a warm background for beauty stores and self-care brands, as long as the text is dark: #E3BC9A against white is only 1.8:1, while against black it exceeds 11:1.

Pairings

Want to start from a real skin tone? Photograph the reference in natural light and use the image color picker to grab the HEX, then build the scale in the palette generator.

How to use it in CSS

:root {
  --color-nude: #E3BC9A;
  --color-nude-rgb: 227, 188, 154;
}

.elemento {
  background-color: var(--color-nude);
  color: #000000;
}

Similar colors

Use Nude in our tools