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#DAAAAC — Light Muted Red

#DAAAAC 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 #DAAAAC 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.

#DAAAAC 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 #AADAD8; it also sits naturally between #DAAAC3 and #DAC0AA. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#DAAAAC · RGB 218, 170, 172

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Color values

HEX#DAAAAC
RGB218, 170, 172
HSL358°, 39%, 76%
HSV358°, 22%, 85%
CMYK0%, 22%, 21%, 15%
XYZ50.73, 46.63, 45.36
Yxy46.63, 0.3555, 0.3267
CIE-Lab73.95, 17.86, 5.73
Hunter Lab68.29, 17.02, 4.89

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 85% · Green 67% · Blue 67%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 22% · Yellow 21% · Key 15%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #DAAAAC

.text { color: #DAAAAC; }
.background { background-color: #DAAAAC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #DAAAAC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(218, 170, 172); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(358, 39%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #DAAAAC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(218, 170, 172, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #DAAAAC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(218, 170, 172, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #DAAAAC

#CF9193#C4787B#B75C5F#A7494C#8E3E41#753336#5C282A#401C1D#271112#0E0606

Tints of #DAAAAC

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

Tones of #DAAAAC

#D6AEAF#D3B1B2#CFB4B5#CCB7B8#C9BBBC#C5BEBE

Color harmonies

Complementary — #AADAD8:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.03:1 Fails
Against black text10.33:1 AAA

Best text color on #DAAAAC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #DAAAAC

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 #DAAAAC: ·

How #DAAAAC looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #C5C5ACDeuteranopia · #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 #DAAAAC rather than the exact color:

Palette 921a40
#921A40 · #C75B7A · #D9ABAB · #F4D9D0
Palette 838383
#838383 · #AD9D9D · #D9ADAD · #FCCBCB
Golden Ember
#DDAEA7 · #C47A6E · #88493F · #47251F
Palette A87676
#A87676 · #CA8787 · #E1ACAC · #FFD0D0
Palette 3291b6
#3291B6 · #BB8ED0 · #E0A8A8 · #F1E2E2
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#E1ACAC#E0A8A8#E2AEAF#D9A6B5#D4B0A6#D4A5A5#E2A1AA#E4AFB2#DEB6AB

Browse neighbouring colors

← #DAAAAB  ·  #DAAAAD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #DAAAAC?

#DAAAAC is Light Muted Red, a red color (RGB 218, 170, 172). Its closest standard named color is Tan.

What is the RGB and HSL of #DAAAAC?

#DAAAAC is RGB 218, 170, 172 — HSL 358°, 39%, 76% — CMYK 0%, 22%, 21%, 15%.

What colors go with #DAAAAC?

Its complement is #AADAD8; analogous partners are #DAAAC3 and #DAC0AA. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #DAAAAC for text?

Black text on #DAAAAC has a contrast ratio of 10.33:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.03:1.