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#DAAAAB — Light Muted Red

#DAAAAB 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 #DAAAAB 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.

#DAAAAB 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 #AADAD9; it also sits naturally between #DAAAC3 and #DAC1AA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DAAAAB · RGB 218, 170, 171

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Color values

HEX#DAAAAB
RGB218, 170, 171
HSL359°, 39%, 76%
HSV359°, 22%, 85%
CMYK0%, 22%, 22%, 15%
XYZ50.64, 46.60, 44.85
Yxy46.60, 0.3564, 0.3279
CIE-Lab73.93, 17.71, 6.24
Hunter Lab68.26, 16.87, 5.30

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 85% · Green 67% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 22% · Yellow 22% · Key 15%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #DAAAAB

.text { color: #DAAAAB; }
.background { background-color: #DAAAAB; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DAAAAB; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(218, 170, 171); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(359, 39%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DAAAAB; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(218, 170, 171, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DAAAAB; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(218, 170, 171, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DAAAAB

#CF9192#C4787A#B75C5D#A7494B#8E3E40#753334#5C2829#401C1D#271111#0E0606

Tints of #DAAAAB

#DDB1B2#E0B8B9#E3BFC0#E6C6C7#E9CDCE#ECD4D5#EFDCDC#F3E3E3#F6EAEA#F9F1F1

Tones of #DAAAAB

#D6AEAE#D3B1B1#CFB4B5#CCB7B8#C9BBBB#C5BEBE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AADAD9:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.04:1 Fails
Against black text10.32:1 AAA

Best text color on #DAAAAB: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DAAAAB

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 #DAAAAB: ·

How #DAAAAB looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C5C5ABDeuteranopia · #C8CCABTritanopia · #D8ABAB

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 · #EC4899Bootstrap light · #F8F9FA

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette 921a40
#921A40 · #C75B7A · #D9ABAB · #F4D9D0
Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Golden Ember
#DDAEA7 · #C47A6E · #88493F · #47251F
Palette 3291b6
#3291B6 · #BB8ED0 · #E0A8A8 · #F1E2E2
Palette A87676
#A87676 · #CA8787 · #E1ACAC · #FFD0D0
Mellow Ruby Dusk
#237C80 · #53D0C5 · #D25F59 · #E2AEAF

Similar colors

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

#D9ABAB#D9ADAD#DDAEA7#E0A8A8#E1ACAC#E2AEAF#D4B0A6#D4A5A5#D9A6B5#E2A1AA#DBAFA0#D8A2A2

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DAAAAA  ·  #DAAAAC →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DAAAAB?

#DAAAAB is Light Muted Red, a red color (RGB 218, 170, 171). Its closest standard named color is Tan.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DAAAAB?

#DAAAAB is RGB 218, 170, 171 — HSL 359°, 39%, 76% — CMYK 0%, 22%, 22%, 15%.

What colors go with #DAAAAB?

Its complement is #AADAD9; analogous partners are #DAAAC3 and #DAC1AA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DAAAAB for text?

Black text on #DAAAAB has a contrast ratio of 10.32:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.04:1.