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#CCABA4 — Light Dusty Red

#CCABA4 is a red color we call Light Dusty Red, closest to the named color Tan (#D2B48C). It belongs to the red family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: tan (#D2B48C) — not an exact match. CSS tan gives you #D2B48C, a different color; use #CCABA4 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.

#CCABA4 is a warm red color associated with energy, passion and urgency. 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 #A4C5CC; it also sits naturally between #CCA4B1 and #CCBEA4. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CCABA4 · RGB 204, 171, 164

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Color values

HEX#CCABA4
RGB204, 171, 164
HSL10°, 28%, 72%
HSV10°, 20%, 80%
CMYK0%, 16%, 20%, 20%
XYZ46.17, 44.64, 41.31
Yxy44.64, 0.3494, 0.3379
CIE-Lab72.66, 10.89, 8.07
Hunter Lab66.82, 10.13, 6.73

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 67% · Blue 64%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 16% · Yellow 20% · Key 20%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CCABA4 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CCABA4 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CCABA4

.text { color: #CCABA4; }
.background { background-color: #CCABA4; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CCABA4; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(204, 171, 164); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(10, 28%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CCABA4; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(204, 171, 164, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CCABA4; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(204, 171, 164, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CCABA4">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CCABA4">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CCABA4

#BF958D#B28076#A76E62#935D53#7C4F46#654039#4E322C#3B2521#241714#0D0807

Tints of #CCABA4

#CFB0AA#D5B9B4#D8BFBA#DEC9C4#E2CFCB#E5D5D1#EBDEDB#EEE4E2#F4EDEB#F8F3F2

Tones of #CCABA4

#C9ACA6#C6AEA9#C3B0AC#C0B2AF#BDB4B2#BAB6B5

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A4C5CC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.12:1 Fails
Against black text9.93:1 AAA

Best text color on #CCABA4: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CCABA4

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 #CCABA4: ·

How #CCABA4 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #BEBDA6Deuteranopia · #C0C2A6Tritanopia · #CAA7A7

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 pink 500 · #EC4899Material Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CCABA4 rather than the exact color:

Golden Meadow
#AF92CA · #CB93B8 · #C8A8A2 · #CACA91
Palette 944e63
#944E63 · #B47B84 · #CAA6A6 · #FFE7E7
Palette 99bbad
#99BBAD · #EBD8B7 · #C6A9A3 · #9A8194
Palette 574964
#574964 · #9F8383 · #C8AAAA · #FFDAB3
Palette Ffdab3
#FFDAB3 · #C8AAAA · #9F8383 · #574964
Mellow Ruby Mosaic
#823F6B · #B06E78 · #CDB09E · #777352

Similar colors

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

#C8A8A2#CAA6A6#C6A9A3#C8AAAA#CDB09E#C7AE9D#D4B0A6#D4A5A5#CAA49D#C8A69B#C8B6A6#CAAA98

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CCABA3  ·  #CCABA5 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CCABA4?

#CCABA4 is Light Dusty Red, a red color (RGB 204, 171, 164). Its closest standard named color is Tan.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CCABA4?

#CCABA4 is RGB 204, 171, 164 — HSL 10°, 28%, 72% — CMYK 0%, 16%, 20%, 20%.

What colors go with #CCABA4?

Its complement is #A4C5CC; analogous partners are #CCA4B1 and #CCBEA4. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CCABA4 for text?

Black text on #CCABA4 has a contrast ratio of 9.93:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.12:1.