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#D2AAA1 — Light Muted Red

#D2AAA1 is a red color we call Light Muted 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 #D2AAA1 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.

#D2AAA1 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 #A2C9D2; it also sits naturally between #D2A2B1 and #D2C3A2. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#D2AAA1 · RGB 210, 170, 161

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Color values

HEX#D2AAA1
RGB210, 170, 161
HSL11°, 35%, 73%
HSV11°, 23%, 82%
CMYK0%, 19%, 23%, 18%
XYZ47.39, 45.02, 39.91
Yxy45.02, 0.3581, 0.3403
CIE-Lab72.91, 13.24, 10.16
Hunter Lab67.10, 12.41, 8.36

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 82% · Green 67% · Blue 63%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 19% · Yellow 23% · Key 18%

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

Previews

Sample text in #D2AAA1 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #D2AAA1 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #D2AAA1

.text { color: #D2AAA1; }
.background { background-color: #D2AAA1; }
.border { border: 3px solid #D2AAA1; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(210, 170, 161); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(11, 35%, 73%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #D2AAA1; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(210, 170, 161, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #D2AAA1; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(210, 170, 161, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#D2AAA1">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#D2AAA1">Div content here</div>

Shades of #D2AAA1

#C7958A#BB7F72#AF695A#9B594B#864D41#6E4035#563229#3E241E#261612#0E0807

Tints of #D2AAA1

#D6B1A9#DBBAB3#DEC1BA#E1C7C1#E6D0CB#E9D7D2#EDDDD9#F0E3E0#F5ECEA#F8F3F1

Tones of #D2AAA1

#CFADA5#CBAFA9#C8B1AC#C4B4B0#C1B6B3#BEB8B7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #A2C9D2:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.10:1 Fails
Against black text10.00:1 AAA

Best text color on #D2AAA1: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #D2AAA1

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 #D2AAA1: ·

How #D2AAA1 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C1C0A3Deuteranopia · #C3C6A4Tritanopia · #D0A5A5

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 #D2AAA1 rather than the exact color:

Palette D6a99d
#D6A99D · #FBF3D5 · #D6DAC8 · #9CAFAA
Palette D4a5a5
#D4A5A5 · #FFECDA · #F9FFEA · #A6D0E4
Palette 999b84
#999B84 · #D8AC9C · #EFD9D1 · #F4EEED
Velvet Saffron
#DEC2BA · #D4B0A6 · #B67563 · #7C4E41
Mellow Ruby Mosaic
#823F6B · #B06E78 · #CDB09E · #777352
Palette 402218
#402218 · #865439 · #C68B59 · #D7B19D

Similar colors

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

#D6A99D#D4A5A5#D8AC9C#D4B0A6#CDB09E#D7B19D#D8A2A2#D3A997#CAA6A6#C8A8A2#DBAFA0#CFAC97

Browse neighbouring colors

← #D2AAA0  ·  #D2AAA2 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #D2AAA1?

#D2AAA1 is Light Muted Red, a red color (RGB 210, 170, 161). Its closest standard named color is Tan.

What is the RGB and HSL of #D2AAA1?

#D2AAA1 is RGB 210, 170, 161 — HSL 11°, 35%, 73% — CMYK 0%, 19%, 23%, 18%.

What colors go with #D2AAA1?

Its complement is #A2C9D2; analogous partners are #D2A2B1 and #D2C3A2. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #D2AAA1 for text?

Black text on #D2AAA1 has a contrast ratio of 10.00:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.10:1.